Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

भाग्यान्नेत्रातिथीभूते तीर्थराजे महात्मनः । पलायते द्रुततरं तमः सूर्योदये यथा

Transliteration

bhāgyānnetrātithībhūte tīrtharāje mahātmanaḥ | palāyate drutataraṃ tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā

Translation

সৌভাগ্যে যখন তীর্থরাজ সেই মহাত্মার নয়নের অতিথি হন, তখন অন্ধকার সূর্যোদয়ের মতো আরও দ্রুত পালিয়ে যায়।

Word by Word

• भाग्यात्: from good fortune
• भाग्यात्: Apadana (Cause-source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नेत्रातिथीभूते: when (it) becomes visible to the eyes
• नेत्रातिथीभूते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नेत्र-अतिथि-भूत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: नेत्रयोः अतिथिः इव भूते (having become a guest to the eyes = visible)

• तीर्थराजे: in/at the king of tīrthas
• तीर्थराजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थराज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: तीर्थानां राजा (king of tīrthas)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: महान् आत्मा यस्य (great-souled)

• पलायते: flees
• पलायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पलाय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• द्रुततरम्: more swiftly
• द्रुततरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुततरम् (अव्यय/तारतम्य-रूप)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (comparative adverb: more swiftly)

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सूर्योदये: at sunrise
• सूर्योदये: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य-उदय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: सूर्यस्य उदयः (sunrise)

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Upama-suchaka (Comparator/उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (as/like)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prayāga (Tīrtharāja)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At last the pilgrim beholds the Sangam; the horizon blazes like sunrise. A dark veil representing tamas tears away and dissolves as the confluence gleams, with birds rising and waters shimmering.

Characters & Entities

• Prayāga
• Tīrtharāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mere sight (darśana) of a supreme tīrtha is portrayed as dispelling inner darkness and sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prayāga, the Tīrtharāja, whose darśana is compared to sunrise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing the sacred place) is implied as spiritually potent.