Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तेषु सर्वेषु दृष्टेषु भक्त्या पूतेन चेतसा । सर्वेषामेव देवानां भवेद्दर्शनजं फलम्

Transliteration

teṣu sarveṣu dṛṣṭeṣu bhaktyā pūtena cetasā | sarveṣāmeva devānāṃ bhaveddarśanajaṃ phalam

Translation

Wenn all dies mit Hingabe und mit durch Bhakti geläutertem Geist geschaut wird, erlangt man die Frucht, die aus dem Darśana aller Götter entsteht.

Word by Word

• तेषु: in those
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (तेषु)

• दृष्टेषु: when (they are) seen
• दृष्टेषु: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Circumstantial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• पूतेन: purified
• पूतेन: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (चेतसा)

• चेतसा: by/with the mind
• चेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवानाम्)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• भवेत्: would be/arises
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दर्शनजम्: born of seeing (sight-derived)
• दर्शनजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of फलम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शन + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (दर्शनात् जातम्)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (deduced from surrounding dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: 27-liṅga kṣetra (Siddheśvara-pramukha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands moves through a row of liṅga shrines; a subtle aura indicates purified mind; above, a symbolic assembly of devas appears, signifying ‘all gods’ fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Darśana
• Bhakti
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) is presented as the purifier that makes pilgrimage-darśana spiritually complete and universally meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha-region containing the many liṅgas; their collective darśana is praised as universally efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) performed with a bhakti-purified mind.