Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तुलस्या दर्शनादेव पापराशिर्निवर्तते । श्रियेऽमृतकणोत्पन्ना तुलसी हरिवल्लभा

Transliteration

tulasyā darśanādeva pāparāśirnivartate | śriye'mṛtakaṇotpannā tulasī harivallabhā

Translation

Schon beim bloßen Anblick der Tulasī weichen die Haufen der Sünde zurück und verschwinden. Aus einem Tropfen Amṛta für Śrī (Lakṣmī) geboren, ist die Tulasī die Geliebte Haris.

Word by Word

• तुलस्याः: of Tulasi
• तुलस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing (the sight)
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधानार्थक/निश्चयार्थक (emphasis/indeed)

• पापराशिः: the heap/mass of sins
• पापराशिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पाप + राशि (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• निवर्तते: ceases/turns back
• निवर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• श्रिये: for (the sake of) prosperity/Lakshmi
• श्रिये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• अमृतकणोत्पन्ना: born from drops of nectar
• अमृतकणोत्पन्ना: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत-कण-उत्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अमृत + कण (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष) + उत्पन्न (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुलसी: Tulasi
• तुलसी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरिवल्लभा: beloved of Hari
• हरिवल्लभा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरि-वल्लभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हरि + वल्लभा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘of Hari, beloved’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Vāṇī (carried forward from preceding verse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee beholds a flourishing Tulasī plant; dark ‘heaps of sin’ are visualized as shadowy forms retreating; a drop of nectar glows above, and Lakṣmī’s presence is hinted in a lotus aura; Viṣṇu’s affection is symbolized by a garland of tulasī leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Amṛta (nectar)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness can be encountered through sacred presence (darśana); even seeing Tulasī is praised as purifying and Viṣṇu-pleasing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies Tulasī as a portable sacred presence within dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of Tulasī is presented as intrinsically purifying.