Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

अपि पापसमोपेता लिंगस्यास्य प्रभावतः । परदारोद्भवा त्पापादहिल्येश्वरदर्शनात्

Transliteration

api pāpasamopetā liṃgasyāsya prabhāvataḥ | paradārodbhavā tpāpādahilyeśvaradarśanāt

Translation

Selbst wer von Sünde beladen ist, wird durch die Macht dieses Liṅga von der Sünde befreit, die aus der Verletzung fremder Ehe entsteht, allein durch das Schauen Ahilyeśvaras.

Word by Word

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (even/also)

• पाप-समोपेता: endowed with sin
• पाप-समोपेता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samupeta (सम्+उप+इ, क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-विशेषण (past passive participle)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam/ayam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (of this)

• प्रभावतः: due to the power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

• पर-दार-उद्भवात्: from (sin) arising from another's wife
• पर-दार-उद्भवात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (from/caused by)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• अहिल्येश्वर-दर्शनात्: by seeing Ahilyeśvara
• अहिल्येश्वर-दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahilyeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ahilyeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent devotee, burdened by guilt, approaches a radiant liṅga named Ahilyeśvara; the liṅga’s aura burns away dark smoke-like sin as mere sight grants release.

Characters & Entities

• Ahilyeśvara
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s liṅga at a sacred site grants powerful purification; sincere darśana can dissolve even grave moral faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ahilyeśvara (a Śiva-liṅga) within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context of Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (devotional beholding/visiting) of Ahilyeśvara is presented as the efficacious act.