Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

सर्वपापमयोऽप्यत्र मुच्यते लिंगदर्शनात्

Transliteration

sarvapāpamayo'pyatra mucyate liṃgadarśanāt

Translation

Selbst wer von allen Sünden durchdrungen ist, wird hier allein durch das Schauen des Liṅga befreit.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापमयः: filled with all sins
• सर्वपापमयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः पापैः मयः = पूर्णः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक/समुच्चयार्थक (indeclinable; ‘even/also’)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• मुच्यते: is freed, is released
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Present indicative, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada; passive)

• लिङ्गदर्शनात्: from seeing the liṅga
• लिङ्गदर्शनात्: Apādāna (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular); तत्पुरुष (लिङ्गस्य दर्शनम्)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana—reverent sight of the sacred—is upheld as a direct channel of grace that can cut through even accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Dharmāraṇya site where a Śiva-liṅga is to be beheld; the verse emphasizes the place-specific efficacy (“here”).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-darśana (beholding the Śiva-liṅga) as the central salvific act.