Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यस्तं पश्यति सद्भक्त्या शुचिः स्पृशति वा नरः । वांछितं लभते सद्यो यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

yastaṃ paśyati sadbhaktyā śuciḥ spṛśati vā naraḥ | vāṃchitaṃ labhate sadyo yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

Wer ihn in wahrer Hingabe schaut — oder, in Reinheit, ihn berührt — erlangt sogleich die ersehnte Frucht, selbst wenn sie äußerst schwer zu erreichen ist.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tam: him/that (one)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• sadbhaktyā: with true devotion
• sadbhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying yaḥ/naraḥ)

• spṛśati: touches
• spṛśati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vāṃchitam: the desired (boon/thing)
• vāṃchitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāṃchita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vāñch (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: 'if')

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: 'even/also')

• syāt: may be / should be
• syāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• su-durlabham: very difficult to obtain
• su-durlabham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying vāṃchitam)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pure pilgrim, hands folded, beholds a revered form at a tirtha-shrine; the moment of darśana/touch is shown as an immediate blossoming of desired fruit, with subtle divine radiance around the icon.

Characters & Entities

• Siddheśvara (implied)
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and sincere devotion make sacred contact transformative, bringing swift fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Siddheśvara liṅga in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing) and sparśa (touching) are recommended, with an emphasis on śauca (purity).