Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

शक्रेश्वरं नृपश्रेष्ठ ये प्रपश्यन्ति भक्तितः । तेषां जन्मकृतं पापं नश्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

śakreśvaraṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha ye prapaśyanti bhaktitaḥ | teṣāṃ janmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

O bester der Könige, wer Śakreśvara in Hingabe schaut, dessen über viele Geburten angesammelte Sünde wird vernichtet; daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• śakra-īśvaram: Śakreśvara (Lord Śiva as Śakra’s Lord)
• śakra-īśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; शक्र + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'Śakreśvara' (object of seeing)

• nṛpa-śreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpa-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa-śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक; नृप + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन — संबोधन

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — relative pronoun

• prapaśyanti: see/behold
• prapaśyanti: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√paś (धातु; प्र + पश्य्/दृश्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhaktitaḥ: devoutly
• bhaktitaḥ: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) — 'out of devotion/with devotion'

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of them'

• janma-kṛtam: committed in (one’s) birth
• janma-kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: janma-kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; जन्म + कृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन — 'done in (this) birth' (qualifying pāpam)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — subject of naśyate

• naśyate: perishes/is destroyed
• naśyate: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु; नश्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध/negation particle

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of place

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly pilgrim and attendants behold the Śakreśvara liṅga with folded hands; a subtle Indra/Śakra emblem (vajra) appears in iconographic hints; sanctum lamps glow.

Characters & Entities

• Śakreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional darśana of a sacred Śiva-liṅga is presented as a powerful purifier that burns away long-standing karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śakreśvara, a Śiva-tīrtha of the Revā (Narmadā) region within the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse emphasizes bhakti-filled darśana (reverent viewing/visiting) as the key practice.