Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अद्य नः सद्म सकलं युष्माभिरतिपावितम् । वयं च पाविता भूयो युष्माकं दर्शनादपि

Transliteration

adya naḥ sadma sakalaṃ yuṣmābhiratipāvitam | vayaṃ ca pāvitā bhūyo yuṣmākaṃ darśanādapi

Translation

Aujourd’hui, toute notre demeure a été grandement purifiée par vous; et nous-mêmes sommes purifiés davantage encore, ne serait-ce qu’en vous contemplant.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; enclitic form

• सद्म: dwelling, abode
• सद्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सकलम्: entire, whole
• सकलम्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying सद्म)

• युष्माभिः: by you (all)
• युष्माभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• अतिपावितम्: has been greatly purified
• अतिपावितम्: Kriya (Predicate participle/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति + पू (धातु) → पावित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: अति-; (thoroughly purified)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

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

• पाविताः: (are) purified
• पाविताः: Kriya (Predicate participle/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु) → पावित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (purified)

• भूयः: again, moreover
• भूयः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• युष्माकम्: of you
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• दर्शनात्: from (your) sight/seeing
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarvatīrtha (collective)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā speaks with folded hands, indicating his abode now radiant and cleansed; tīrthas appear as luminous presences, bathing the space in purity.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Tīrthas (as addressed beings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness purifies by mere presence; darśana (sacred sight) is a direct vehicle of puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is universal—applying to all tīrthas and their sanctifying power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent beholding) is highlighted as a purifying act, even without additional rites.