Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्मित्रवने देवि यो गोपीभिः प्रतिष्ठितः । तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण दुःखशोकैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

asminmitravane devi yo gopībhiḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | tasya darśanamātreṇa duḥkhaśokaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

Dans ce Mitravana, ô Déesse, la divinité établie par les gopīs : par le seul fait de la contempler, on est délivré de la souffrance et du chagrin.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचन

• मित्रवने: in the Mitra-grove
• मित्रवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (मित्राणां वनम् / मित्रस्य वनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative) एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन

• गोपिभिः: by the gopīs
• गोपिभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) बहुवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितः: established
• प्रतिष्ठितः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; कर्मणि

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन

• दर्शन-मात्रेण: by mere seeing
• दर्शन-मात्रेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (दर्शनस्य मात्रम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचन; साधनभावे

• दुःख-शोकैः: from sorrows and griefs
• दुःख-शोकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (दुःखं च शोकश्च), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) बहुवचन; वियोग/अपादानार्थे

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे (is released)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced: narration to Devī within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mitravana (Gopyāditya-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a serene grove (Mitravana), the installed Gopyāditya deity shines; a pilgrim approaches with tearful eyes and, upon darśana, becomes visibly relieved—sorrow lifting like a veil.

Characters & Entities

• Mitravana
• Devī
• Gopī
• Gopyāditya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana at a sanctified tīrtha is portrayed as transformative—relieving inner grief and worldly suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mitravana within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the gopīs installed the deity known as Gopyāditya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (sacred viewing) is emphasized as the key act, with immediate spiritual-psychological fruit.