Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

दर्शनाद्रामनाथस्य भ्रूणहत्याशतानि च । अयुतं ब्रह्महत्यानां सुरापानायुतं तथा

Transliteration

darśanādrāmanāthasya bhrūṇahatyāśatāni ca | ayutaṃ brahmahatyānāṃ surāpānāyutaṃ tathā

Translation

Par la seule vision de Rāmanātha, des centaines de péchés d’avortement sont détruits; de même, dix milliers de péchés de meurtre d’un brahmane, et dix milliers de péchés de boisson enivrante, sont effacés.

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from (the) seeing; by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (cause)

• रामनाथस्य: of Rāmanātha (Lord of Rāma)
• रामनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; ‘रामस्य नाथः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• भ्रूणहत्या: foeticides (sins of killing an embryo)
• भ्रूणहत्या: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रूण-हत्या (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st) बहुवचन-समर्थ आधार; ‘भ्रूणस्य हत्या’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sin of foeticide)

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (hundreds)

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

• अयुतम्: a ten-thousand
• अयुतम्: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (ten-thousand)

• ब्रह्महत्यानाम्: of brahmin-killings (brahmahatyā sins)
• ब्रह्महत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-हत्या (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; ‘ब्रह्मणः हत्या’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• सुरापान: liquor-drinking (sin)
• सुरापान: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा-पान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन-समर्थ आधार; ‘सुरायाः पानम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (drinking liquor)

• अयुतम्: a ten-thousand
• अयुतम्: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (thus/likewise)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Setu-khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in snippet; treated as Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara) at Rāmasetu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as rājān)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim beholds the Rāmanātha liṅga in a coastal temple; the sea-wind and conch-sounds mingle as the weight of grave sins is shown dissolving like dark smoke into light around the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the tirtha-deity Rāmanātha is presented as a powerful purifier that dissolves even grave karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha at Rāmasetu—identified with Rāmeśvaram in the Setu-khaṇḍa tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite is specified here; the act emphasized is darśana (sacred viewing) of Rāmanātha.