Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

जन्मकोटिशतेनापि यो न शक्यो व्यपोहितुम् । तत्पापपर्वतान्मुक्तः कृष्णपांथिकदर्शनात्

Transliteration

janmakoṭiśatenāpi yo na śakyo vyapohitum | tatpāpaparvatānmuktaḥ kṛṣṇapāṃthikadarśanāt

Translation

Ce péché qu’on ne pouvait effacer même en cent crores de naissances—de cette montagne de fautes il fut délivré en voyant le voyageur dévoué à Kṛṣṇa.

Word by Word

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — 'of birth' (समासाङ्ग)

• कोटि: crore
• कोटि: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — 'of crores' (समासाङ्ग)

• शतेन: by a hundred
• शतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental

• अपि: even
• अपि: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), 'even/also'

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — relative pronoun

• न: not
• न: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• शक्यः: possible/able
• शक्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य (कृदन्त; √शक् (धातु) + य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — शक्य (potential/fit/possible)

• व्यपोहितुम्: to remove
• व्यपोहितुम्: Kriya-artha (Purpose/क्रियार्थ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+अप+√ऊह्/√अपोह् (धातु) (तुमुन्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), 'to remove/drive away'

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — 'of that' (समासाङ्ग)

• पाप: sin
• पाप: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — 'of sin' (समासाङ्ग)

• पर्वतात्: from the mountain
• पर्वतात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — ablative

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — past passive participle

• कृष्ण: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — 'of Kṛṣṇa' (समासाङ्ग)

• पांथिक: traveler/wayfarer
• पांथिक: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पांथिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — 'of the traveler/wayfarer' (समासाङ्ग)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing the Kṛṣṇa-wayfarer
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — ablative; समासः: कृष्ण-पांथिक-दर्शन (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-pāthika-darśana (Dvārakā merit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic depiction: a dark, mountain-like mass of sin dissolves into light as the former rākṣasa is liberated by the mere sight of the Kṛṣṇa pilgrim; the pilgrim stands as a calm axis of radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Satsaṅga and darśana of a true devotee can dissolve vast karmic burdens that seem impossible to erase by ordinary means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is glorified indirectly through the sanctity of Kṛṣṇa-centered devotion associated with it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practical spiritual act highlighted is darśana/satsaṅga—seeking the presence of the Lord’s devotees.