Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अन्यक्षेत्रेषु यत्कृत्वा चातुर्मास्यानि कोटिशः । तत्फलं लभते सर्वं दैत्यसूदनदर्शनात्

Transliteration

anyakṣetreṣu yatkṛtvā cāturmāsyāni koṭiśaḥ | tatphalaṃ labhate sarvaṃ daityasūdanadarśanāt

Translation

Tout fruit que l’on obtiendrait en accomplissant des crores d’observances de Cāturmāsya en d’autres lieux saints, on l’obtient ici en totalité par le seul darśana (vision sacrée) de Daityasūdana.

Word by Word

• अन्य-क्षेत्रेषु: in other holy places
• अन्य-क्षेत्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः (in other sacred places)

• यत्: whatever (merit)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधकं (that which)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund); 'having done'

• चातुर्मास्यानि: Cāturmāsya observances
• चातुर्मास्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) बहुवचनम्

• कोटिशः: in crores (countless times)
• कोटिशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (शस्-प्रत्यय, अव्ययार्थ)
• Form: शसन्त-अव्ययम् (distributive/iterative adverb: 'in crores/innumerably')

• तत्-फलम्: that result
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (that fruit/result)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person) एकवचनम्

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचनम्; कर्मविशेषणम्

• दैत्यसूदन-दर्शनात्: from the दर्शन (sight) of Daityasūdana
• दैत्यसूदन-दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्यसूदन (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (from/by the sight of Daityasūdana)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration commonly via Sūta to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Daityasūdana-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim beholds Daityasūdana; behind him, symbolic ‘crores of vows’ dissolve into a single radiant darśana, showing the kṣetra’s concentrated grace.

Characters & Entities

• Daityasūdana (Viṣṇu)
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the deity in a supremely sacred place can equal or surpass vast ritual effort done elsewhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Daityasūdana’s darśana is presented as extraordinarily merit-giving.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse compares results of Cāturmāsya elsewhere with the fruit of Daityasūdana-darśana here; it implicitly recommends darśana/pilgrimage.