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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

अस्या दर्शनमात्रेण मुक्तिं यास्यंति मानवाः । किं पुनः स्नान दानादि कृत्वा यांति हरेः पदम्

asyā darśanamātreṇa muktiṃ yāsyaṃti mānavāḥ | kiṃ punaḥ snāna dānādi kṛtvā yāṃti hareḥ padam

Par la seule vision de ce lieu sacré, les hommes atteignent la délivrance. Combien plus encore parviendront-ils à la demeure de Hari après le bain rituel, l’aumône et les autres actes prescrits !

अस्याःof this (her/this place)
अस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of this (woman/thing)’
दर्शनमात्रेणby mere sight
दर्शनमात्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्शन + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘दर्शनस्य मात्रम्’ = mere seeing)
मुक्तिम्liberation
मुक्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
यास्यन्तिwill attain/go to
यास्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
मानवाःpeople
मानवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
किम्what (then)
किम्:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक अव्यय (interrogative particle)
पुनःthen / moreover
पुनः:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/अधिक्यार्थक (again/further)
स्नानbathing
स्नान:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextual stem in compound), एकवचन; ‘bathing’
दानादिcharity and the like
दानादि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदान + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextual), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘दानम् आदि यस्य’ = charity etc.)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव
यान्तिgo/attain
यान्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
हरेःof Hari (Vishnu)
हरेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
पदम्abode/feet
पदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha: Gomatī at Dvārakā

Type: ghat

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at the Gomatī-ghāṭa; some merely behold the sacred waters with folded hands, while others bathe and give alms; above, a subtle vision of Hari’s abode is suggested as the promised destination.

H
Hari

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Even simple reverent contact with a sacred tīrtha—here, by mere darśana—can grant mokṣa; ritual acts multiply that merit.

A Dvārakā-associated tīrtha within the Dvārakā Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

Snāna (holy bathing) and dāna (charity), along with related devotional observances.