Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तुलस्या दर्शनादेव पापराशिर्निवर्तते । श्रियेऽमृतकणोत्पन्ना तुलसी हरिवल्लभा

Transliteration

tulasyā darśanādeva pāparāśirnivartate | śriye'mṛtakaṇotpannā tulasī harivallabhā

Translation

Par la seule vue du Tulasī, les amas de péchés reculent et s’en vont. Née d’une goutte d’ambroisie pour Śrī (Lakṣmī), le Tulasī est chère à Hari.

Word by Word

• तुलस्याः: of Tulasi
• तुलस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधानार्थक/निश्चयार्थक (emphasis/indeed)

• पापराशिः: the heap/mass of sins
• पापराशिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पाप + राशि (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• निवर्तते: ceases/turns back
• निवर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• श्रिये: for (the sake of) prosperity/Lakshmi
• श्रिये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• अमृतकणोत्पन्ना: born from drops of nectar
• अमृतकणोत्पन्ना: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत-कण-उत्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अमृत + कण (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष) + उत्पन्न (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुलसी: Tulasi
• तुलसी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरिवल्लभा: beloved of Hari
• हरिवल्लभा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरि-वल्लभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हरि + वल्लभा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘of Hari, beloved’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Vāṇī (carried forward from preceding verse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee beholds a flourishing Tulasī plant; dark ‘heaps of sin’ are visualized as shadowy forms retreating; a drop of nectar glows above, and Lakṣmī’s presence is hinted in a lotus aura; Viṣṇu’s affection is symbolized by a garland of tulasī leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Amṛta (nectar)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness can be encountered through sacred presence (darśana); even seeing Tulasī is praised as purifying and Viṣṇu-pleasing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies Tulasī as a portable sacred presence within dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of Tulasī is presented as intrinsically purifying.