Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यस्तु पश्येन्महादेवि कर्दमाले तु सूकरम् । कोटिहिंसायुतो वापि स प्राप्स्यति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

yastu paśyenmahādevi kardamāle tu sūkaram | koṭihiṃsāyuto vāpi sa prāpsyati parāṃ gatim

Translation

Ô Grande Déesse, quiconque contemple le Sanglier divin (Varāha) à Karddamāla—fût-il chargé de violences par crores—atteindra l’état suprême.

Word by Word

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

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• कर्दमाले: in Kardamālā
• कर्दमाले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्दमाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/पुनरुक्ति-बलार्थक (particle)

• सूकरम्: the boar
• सूकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कोटि-हिंसा-युतः: endowed with crores of killings
• कोटि-हिंसा-युतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + हिंसा (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (one endowed with crores of killings)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or/even if)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अन्वादेश-सर्वनाम

• प्राप्स्यति: will attain
• प्राप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karddamāla

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Karddamāla, a Varāha icon or living epiphany is beheld by a pilgrim weighed down by past violence; the moment of darśana is shown as a radiant cleansing—dark karmic smoke dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Karddamāla
• Sūkara (Varāha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy darśana at a divinely charged site can override even heavy karmic burdens and turn one toward the highest good.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Karddamāla, where Varāha (the Boar) is to be beheld.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act prescribed is darśana—reverent beholding of Varāha at Karddamāla.