Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सवितॄणां सहस्रेण दृष्टेनैव तु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं कोटिगुणितं दुर्वासादित्यदर्शनात्

Transliteration

savitṝṇāṃ sahasreṇa dṛṣṭenaiva tu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ durvāsādityadarśanāt

Translation

Quelque mérite qui naisse du seul fait de contempler mille Sūrya, ce même mérite est multiplié par un “crore” par le darśana de Durvāsā-Āditya.

Word by Word

• सवितॄणाम्: of the Suns (Savitr-s)
• सवितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• सहस्रेण: by/with a thousand
• सहस्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• दृष्टेन: by (their) being seen / by seeing
• दृष्टेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphatic

• तु: but/and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — adversative/contrastive

• यत्: which/whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — relative pronoun (agreeing with फलम्)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Nominative/Accusative singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun (agreeing with फलम्)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Nominative/Accusative singular

• कोटि-गुणितम्: multiplied a crore-fold
• कोटि-गुणितम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुणित (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP; √गुण्/गुणय्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Nominative/Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कोट्या गुणितम् = multiplied by a crore)

• दुर्वासा-आदित्य-दर्शनात्: from the sight/vision of Durvāsas and the Sun
• दुर्वासा-आदित्य-दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/समाहार: (दुर्वाससः आदित्यस्य) दर्शनात् — ‘from the seeing of Durvāsas and Āditya’

Speaker

Sūrya (Āditya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durvāsā-Āditya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāmuni

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing Āditya icon titled ‘Durvāsā-Āditya’ is revealed; pilgrims/sage behold it as the text proclaims crore-fold merit beyond seeing a thousand suns; the scene is saturated with radiance and sacred astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā-Āditya
• Savitṛ (Sūrya)
• Darśana
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana at an empowered kṣetra yields amplified merit, showing how place-sanctity intensifies spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Durvāsā-Āditya presence at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverential viewing) of the deity is upheld as a potent religious act.