Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यस्याः सीमां प्रविष्टस्य ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकम् । नश्यते दर्शनादेव तां पुरीं को न सेवते

Transliteration

yasyāḥ sīmāṃ praviṣṭasya brahmahatyādipātakam | naśyate darśanādeva tāṃ purīṃ ko na sevate

Translation

Quiconque franchit ne fût-ce que la limite de cette cité, les fautes terribles, à commencer par le brahma-hatyā (meurtre d’un brahmane), s’anéantissent par la seule vision; qui donc ne servirait et n’honorerait une telle ville?

Word by Word

• yasyāḥ: of which (city)
• yasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sīmām: boundary
• sīmām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• praviṣṭasya: of one who has entered
• praviṣṭasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active sense in genitive), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; 'having entered'

• brahmahatyā-ādi-pātakam: sin such as brahmahatyā (killing a Brahmin)
• brahmahatyā-ādi-pātakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmahatyā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समाहार/निर्देश-तत्पुरुषः ('brahmahatyā-ādi' qualifying pātakam)

• naśyate: perishes / is destroyed
• naśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• darśanāt: from (mere) seeing
• darśanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (cause/source)

• eva: just / alone
• eva: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (restrictive particle: 'only/just')

• tām: that
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• purīm: city
• purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kaḥ: who
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• sevate: serves / resorts to
• sevate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim crosses the boundary-marker of Dvārakā; a wave of divine light signifies sins dissolving, while the city’s gates and temple spires stand ahead, inviting service.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• brahmahatyā
• darśana
• pātaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic kṣetra is presented as a powerful field of purification where sincere approach and darśana dissolve even heavy karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, whose very boundary-entry and sight are said to purify.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage (entering the sīmā) and darśana are emphasized as the key acts; no separate vow or donation is specified.