Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 148

Devanagari script

द्रष्टुकामाश्च निर्वाणं राज्ञो जनपदास्तथा । संप्राप्तास्तेऽपि दृष्ट्वैव नभोमार्गेण चक्रिणम्

Transliteration

draṣṭukāmāśca nirvāṇaṃ rājño janapadāstathā | saṃprāptāste'pi dṛṣṭvaiva nabhomārgeṇa cakriṇam

Translation

وكذلك جاء أهل الأقاليم المحيطة، راغبين في مشاهدة تحرّر الملك وخلاصه؛ وما إن أبصروا ذلك الملك السيّد—يسير في طريق السماء—حتى نالوا هم أيضًا تمام مرادهم.

Word by Word

• द्रष्टुकामाः: desiring to see
• द्रष्टुकामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रष्टु (तुमुनन्त; √दृश् ‘to see’) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — समासः: द्रष्टुं कामः येषाम् (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय); ‘eager to see’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• निर्वाणम्: liberation/peace
• निर्वाणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — कर्म; ‘मोक्ष/शान्ति’ (accusative singular)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — सम्बन्ध (genitive singular)

• जनपदाः: the people of the realm
• जनपदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — कर्तृपद; ‘देशवासी जनाः’ (nominative plural)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — likewise/also

• संप्राप्ताः: arrived
• संप्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त; √आप् ‘to obtain/reach’ + सम्-प्र-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘आगताः/प्राप्ताः’ (having arrived)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — सर्वनाम (they/those)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय) — ‘also/even’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त, त्वान्त; √दृश् ‘to see’)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय — ‘having seen’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’

• नभोमार्गेण: by the path of the sky (through the air)
• नभोमार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — समासः: नभसः मार्गः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); करण (instrumental singular)

• चक्रिणम्: the discus-bearer (Viṣṇu)
• चक्रिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — कर्म; ‘चक्रधारिणम्’ (the discus-bearer)

Speaker

Brahmā to Nārada (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (mokṣa-darśana episode)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Provincial crowds arriving from afar, gazing upward as the cakrin sovereign moves through the sky-path; astonishment and devotion ripple through the assembly as their purpose is instantly fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (cakrin/king)
• Janapadas (provinces)
• Nirvāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a single, faithful darśana of the divinely established king is portrayed as spiritually transformative and goal-fulfilling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, whose fame draws people from distant janapadas to witness liberation-associated divine events.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the act emphasized is darśana (seeing) and pilgrimage-motivated arrival to witness a sacred event.