Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

बहुना किमिहोक्तेन शृणु संक्षेपतो नृप । एकतस्तु भवेत्सर्वमेकतो हरिदर्शनम्

Transliteration

bahunā kimihoktena śṛṇu saṃkṣepato nṛpa | ekatastu bhavetsarvamekato haridarśanam

Translation

Wozu hier vieles sagen? Höre es kurz, o König: auf der einen Seite ist alles (aller Verdienst und seine Früchte), auf der anderen Seite ist allein das Darśana, der heilbringende Anblick, Haris.

Word by Word

• bahunā: with much (detail)
• bahunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारार्थे

• kim: what (use)
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• uktena: by what has been said
• uktena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) प्रयुक्तं नामवत्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• ekataḥ: in one way / on one side
• ekataḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (from one side/one way)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle)

• bhavet: would be / may be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• ekataḥ: in one way / on one side
• ekataḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय

• hari-darśanam: vision of Hari
• hari-darśanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (hareḥ darśanam)

Speaker

Narrator/Ṛṣi addressing the King (contextual speaker within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-darśana at Hṛṣīkeśa (Arbuda-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-sage addressing a king, gesturing with one hand to a heap of ritual symbols (Vedas, yajña implements) and with the other toward Hari’s sanctum, indicating the latter outweighs the former.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hari’s darśana is portrayed as surpassing (or equaling) all other accumulated religious merits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-region sacred setting where Hari (Hṛṣīkeśa) is worshipped; the passage frames the site’s power through Hari-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here—this verse emphasizes the salvific power of darśana itself.