Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 118
Devanagari script
दूरस्थश्चिन्तयन् पश्यन्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
Transliteration
dūrasthaścintayan paśyanmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Translation
Même de loin, celui qui médite et contemple (cette réalité sacrée) est délivré ; là-dessus, point de doute.
Word by Word
दूरस्थःstanding far away / distant
दूरस्थः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootदूर + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक; स्था-धातुजन्य)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दूरे स्थितः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
चिन्तयन्thinking
चिन्तयन्:
Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त् (धातु) → चिन्तयत् (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी; ‘thinking’
पश्यन्seeing
पश्यन्:
Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → पश्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी; ‘seeing’
मुच्यतेis liberated / is released
मुच्यते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘is released’
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
अत्रhere / in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘here/in this matter’)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A pilgrim far from the river sits in meditation, inwardly beholding the sacred Revā; the river appears as a luminous goddess-stream in the mind’s sky, granting release.
Characters & Entities
H
Hanūmanteśvara (implied)T
Tīrtha (implied)FAQs
Inner connection—remembrance and reverent vision—can confer liberation even without physical proximity.
The statement continues the praise of Hanūmanteśvara Tīrtha in Adhyāya 83.
Contemplation (cintana/smaraṇa) and darśana (seeing) of the sacred site/deity.