Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तयोर्दर्शनतो यांति तेषां पापानि देहिनाम् । तानि पापानि यावंति कुर्वते भुवि ये नराः

Transliteration

tayordarśanato yāṃti teṣāṃ pāpāni dehinām | tāni pāpāni yāvaṃti kurvate bhuvi ye narāḥ

Translation

Durch das Darśana (heilige Schau) jener beiden heiligen Erscheinungen weichen die Sünden der verkörperten Wesen—welche Sünden die Menschen auch immer auf Erden begehen.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुं/नपुंसक-लिङ्ग (m/n), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual)

• दर्शनतः: from (their) sight; by seeing
• दर्शनतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय, अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb), हेतौ/निमित्ते (cause/occasion)

• यान्ति: go away; depart
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुं/नपुंसक-लिङ्ग (m/n), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक-लिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देहिनाम्: of embodied beings
• देहिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तानि: those (sins)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसक-लिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक-लिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यावन्ति: go away; are removed
• यावन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• कुर्वते: do; commit
• कुर्वते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नराः: men; people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrahari and Harismṛti (paired darśana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vipra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two adjacent shrines/manifestations; pilgrims move from one to the other; dark birds or smoke symbolizing sins fly away as the devotees behold the deities.

Characters & Entities

• Harismṛti
• Cakrahari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana at holy sites is affirmed as an immediate purifier that dissolves accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The paired western sacred focuses just described—Cakrahari and Harismṛti—within Ayodhyā’s holy landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (visiting and beholding the sacred forms/sites) is presented as the effective practice.