Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

अपि कृत्वा महत्पापमर्बुदं प्रेक्षते तु यः । कलिदोषविनिर्मुक्तः स यास्यति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

api kṛtvā mahatpāpamarbudaṃ prekṣate tu yaḥ | kalidoṣavinirmuktaḥ sa yāsyati parāṃ gatim

Translation

Selbst wer eine große Sünde begangen hat: Wer Arbuda erblickt, wird von den Makeln des Kali befreit und gelangt zum höchsten Zustand.

Word by Word

• अपि: even/although
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), concessive/emphatic

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कृ-धातोः; ‘having done’

• महत्-पापम्: a great sin
• महत्-पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (‘great’ qualifying ‘sin’)

• अर्बुदम्: Arbuda (mountain/place)
• अर्बुदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रेक्षते: sees/beholds
• प्रेक्षते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), adversative/emphatic

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• कलि-दोष-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from the faults of Kali
• कलि-दोष-विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘vinirmukta’; तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘freed from the दोष of Kali’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative pronoun)

• यास्यति: will go/attain
• यास्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent traveler beholds the luminous Arbuda peak; dark ‘Kali’ shadows fall away, replaced by a radiant path upward symbolizing parā gati.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda (Mount Abu)
• Kali-doṣa
• Pāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography functions as grace: sincere contact (darśana) with a dharma-protected site can purify even heavy faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda (Mount Arbuda/Mount Abu) is praised as a vision-granting purifier and Kali-doṣa remover.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding/visiting) of Arbuda is presented as a potent act yielding purification and the highest spiritual attainment.