Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा मानुषो देवि न शोच्यः संप्रजायते । सप्त जन्मानि देवेशि दारिद्र्यं नैव जायते

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānuṣo devi na śocyaḥ saṃprajāyate | sapta janmāni deveśi dāridryaṃ naiva jāyate

Translation

O Göttin, wer jene heilige Stätte/jene Gottheit erblickt, wird nicht zu einem bemitleidenswerten Menschen. O Herrin der Götter, über sieben Geburten hinweg entsteht für ihn keine Armut.

Word by Word

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

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having seen)

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

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• शोच्यः: to be lamented (worthy of grief)
• शोच्यः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: 'to be grieved for'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• संप्रजायते: comes to be; becomes
• संप्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; विशेषणम् (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• जन्मानि: births
• जन्मानि: Adhikarana (Extent/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देवेशि: O lady of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed; at all
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• जायते: is born; arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed SE tīrtha (āgneya-koṇa) after Arka-sthala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Deveśī/Mahādevī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim beholds the SE sacred spot; a symbolic ‘poverty’ shadow recedes for seven concentric life-rings; Devī listens as Śiva assures the fruit of darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Arka-sthala (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sight (darśana) is portrayed as a dharmic ‘reset’ that uplifts one’s condition across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers to “that” sanctified spot introduced as Arka-sthala and its adjoining sin-destroying place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—beholding the sacred site/deity—is presented as the key act.