Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

दर्शनादपि तीर्थस्य तस्य वै सुरसत्तमे । मुच्यन्ते प्राणिनः पापादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्

Transliteration

darśanādapi tīrthasya tasya vai surasattame | mucyante prāṇinaḥ pāpādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt

Translation

Ô le meilleur des dieux, rien qu’en contemplant ce tīrtha, les êtres vivants sont délivrés des péchés—ceux qui s’attachent d’une naissance jusqu’au terme de la vie.

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from (the act of) seeing
• दर्शनात्: Apādāna/Hetu (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादाने (from/through seeing)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-कार (even/also)

• तीर्थस्य: of the holy place
• तीर्थस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थ निपात (indeed)

• सुरसत्तमे: O best of gods
• सुरसत्तमे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समास: सुराणां सत्तमः (best among gods)

• मुच्यन्ते: are freed
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ भाव: ‘are released’

• प्राणिनः: living beings
• प्राणिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apādāna (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• आ: up to
• आ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Limit marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय, मर्यादार्थक (up to)

• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: up to the end of birth and death
• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: Apādāna/Avadhi (Limit/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + मरण + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; समास: जन्ममरणयोः अन्तिकम् (ending/limit of birth and death)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tritakūpa-tīrtha (chapter context) / a Prabhāsa tīrtha praised for darśana

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the threshold of the tīrtha, hands folded; a radiant path of light rises from the waters, symbolizing sins dissolving from birth to death; devas witness from above.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is transformative: even simple darśana of a tīrtha can dissolve long-accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa region) is being praised; the verse emphasizes its power even through mere sight.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; the act highlighted is darśana (reverential viewing/visiting).