Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दर्शनाच्छ्रवणाद्ध्यानात्पूजया श्रुतिवंदनैः । सर्वपापापहः पार्थ कुमारेशो न संशयः

Transliteration

darśanācchravaṇāddhyānātpūjayā śrutivaṃdanaiḥ | sarvapāpāpahaḥ pārtha kumāreśo na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

হে পার্থ! দর্শন, শ্রবণ, ধ্যান, পূজা এবং শ্রুতি-বন্দনার দ্বারা কুমারেশ নিঃসন্দেহে সকল পাপ হরণ করেন।

Word by Word

• darśanāt: from seeing (by दर्शन)
• darśanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• śravaṇāt: from hearing
• śravaṇāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• dhyānāt: from meditation
• dhyānāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• pūjayā: by worship
• pūjayā: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• śruti-vandanaiḥ: by Vedic salutations/recitations
• śruti-vandanaiḥ: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक) + vandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘श्रुतेः वन्दनैः’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• sarva-pāpa-apahaḥ: remover of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-apahaḥ: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + apaha (अपह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘पापं अपहन्ति’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• pārtha: O Pārtha
• pārtha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• kumāra-īśaḥ: Kumāreśa (Lord Kumāra)
• kumāra-īśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘कुमारस्य ईशः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśa (Kumāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Arjuna (Pārtha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sequence at Kumāreśa: eyes fixed on the liṅga (darśana), listening to recitation (śravaṇa), seated meditation (dhyāna), offering flowers and water (pūjā), and chanting Vedic hymns (śruti-vandana).

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Kumāreśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional contact—seeing, hearing, meditating, worshipping, and praising—purifies the devotee and destroys sin through Kumāreśa’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises Kumāreśa/Kumāreśvara in general; the precise tīrtha is clarified by the surrounding Kumāreśvara-liṅga narrative in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana, śravaṇa (listening), dhyāna, pūjā, and śruti-vandana (Vedic praise/salutation).