Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

कर्दमाले तु वाराहं दृष्ट्वा तन्नाशमेष्यति । हेमकोटिसहस्राणि गवां कोटिशतानि च

Transliteration

kardamāle tu vārāhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tannāśameṣyati | hemakoṭisahasrāṇi gavāṃ koṭiśatāni ca

Translation

In Karddamāla führt der Anblick Varāhas zur Vernichtung jenes Sündenvorrats. Das Verdienst ist vergleichbar mit der Spende von tausenden Krore Gold und hunderten Krore Kühen.

Word by Word

• कर्दमाले: in Kardamālā
• कर्दमाले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्दमाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• वाराहम्: the boar (Varāha)
• वाराहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having seen)

• तत्-नाशम्: its destruction (destruction of that sin)
• तत्-नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एष्यति: will attain/come to
• एष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; अर्थः—प्राप्नोति/गच्छति (will reach/undergo)

• हेम-कोटि-सहस्राणि: thousands of crores of gold (coins)
• हेम-कोटि-सहस्राणि: Karma (Implied object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-समास (thousands of crores of gold)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कोटि-शतानि: hundreds of crores
• कोटि-शतानि: Karma (Implied object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (hundreds of crores)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karddamāla (Varāha-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches a sacred spot named Karddamāla; a majestic Varāha form is enshrined or manifested, radiating protective power; offerings of gold and cows are symbolically shown as eclipsed by the single act of darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Karddamāla
• Varāha
• Dāna (gold, cows)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-darśana can yield merits equated with immense charity, emphasizing grace and sacred place-power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Karddamāla, specifically the darśana of Varāha there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Varāha-darśana is the core act; dāna of gold and cows is mentioned as a merit-comparison benchmark.