Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तदाप्रभृति देवेशो डिण्डिमेश्वर उच्यते । दर्शनात्स्पर्शनाद्राजन् सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

tadāprabhṛti deveśo ḍiṇḍimeśvara ucyate | darśanātsparśanādrājan sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

Dès lors, le Seigneur des dieux est appelé Dīṇḍimeśvara. Ô Roi, par son darśana—et même par son toucher—on est délivré de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• तदा-प्रभृति: from then onward
• तदा-प्रभृति: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय) + प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; कालवाचक अव्यय (from that time onward)

• देवेशः: Lord of the gods
• देवेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी: “देवानाम् ईशः”); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• डिण्डिमेश्वरः: Ḍiṇḍimeśvara (Lord of Ḍiṇḍima)
• डिण्डिमेश्वरः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: डिण्डिम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी: “डिण्डिमस्य ईश्वरः”); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (is called)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing, by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• स्पर्शनात्: from touching, by touch
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); एकवचन

• सर्व-पापैः: from all sins
• सर्व-पापैः: Apādāna (Ablative sense via instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (“all sins”); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; वियोगार्थे (freed from)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed, is released
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थभाव (is released/freed)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dīṇḍimeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly named Śiva—Dīṇḍimeśvara—is revered; devotees approach for darśana and touch, while the narrator addresses the king about liberation from sins.

Characters & Entities

• Dīṇḍimeśvara
• Śiva (Deveśa)
• Rājan (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with the sacred—especially darśana and sparśana of Śiva’s manifested form—purifies and destroys sin, affirming grace within tīrtha culture.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dīṇḍimeśvara’s locale within the Revā (Narmadā) pilgrimage sphere, presented as a sin-destroying sacred presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing) and sparśana (touching) of Dīṇḍimeśvara are prescribed as direct means for removal of sins.