Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

दर्शनान्मम भक्त्या च नाशो व्याधिदरिद्रयोः । प्रणामात्स्वर्गमाप्नोति श्रुत्वा मोक्षं च नित्यशः

Transliteration

darśanānmama bhaktyā ca nāśo vyādhidaridrayoḥ | praṇāmātsvargamāpnoti śrutvā mokṣaṃ ca nityaśaḥ

Translation

By my darśana, and through devotion to me, disease and poverty are destroyed. By prostration one attains heaven; and by hearing (this greatness) continually, one attains liberation as well.

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from (my) sight/seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• नाशः: destruction
• नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्याधिदरिद्रयोः: of disease and poverty
• व्याधिदरिद्रयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास; (व्याधि+दरिद्र) द्वयोः, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-द्विवचनरूप (Genitive/Locative Dual); अर्थतः षष्ठी (of the two)

• प्रणामात्: from bowing/salutation
• प्रणामात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund): ‘having heard’

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• नित्यशः: always
• नित्यशः: Kriya-viseshana (Frequency/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: always/regularly)

Speaker

Bhāskara (Sūrya/Āditya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches the deity, visibly afflicted, then shown healed and uplifted after darśana; next panel shows full prostration leading to a celestial ascent; final panel shows a seated audience listening to the mahātmya, with a serene light indicating mokṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Darśana
• Svarga
• Mokṣa
• Bhāskara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple devotional acts—seeing, bowing, and hearing—carry transformative power, from worldly relief to ultimate freedom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefits are framed within the chapter’s Bhaṭṭāditya tīrtha context, where darśana is especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana with devotion, praṇāma (prostration), and regular śravaṇa (hearing/recitation of the māhātmya).