Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

अपि कृत्वा महत्पापं गच्छंति हरिसन्निधौ । हृषीकेशं समालोक्य सद्यो मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

api kṛtvā mahatpāpaṃ gacchaṃti harisannidhau | hṛṣīkeśaṃ samālokya sadyo muktimavāpnuyāt

Translation

महापाप कर लेने पर भी जो हरि के सान्निध्य में जाते हैं, वे हृषीकेश का दर्शन करके तत्काल मुक्ति पा सकते हैं।

Word by Word

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘even/also’

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having done’

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (pāpam)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• gacchanti: they go
• gacchanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• hari-sannidhau: in Hari’s presence
• hari-sannidhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari + sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (hareḥ sannidhau)

• hṛṣīkeśam: Hṛṣīkeśa
• hṛṣīkeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• samālokya: having beheld
• samālokya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-lok (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having seen/after beholding’

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘immediately’

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/Ṛṣi addressing the King (contextual speaker within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa-sannidhi (Arbuda-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful sinner approaches the temple threshold; as the eyes meet Hṛṣīkeśa’s icon, a radiant light washes over, symbolizing immediate release; attendants hold lamps, and the devotee’s posture shifts from burdened to uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Hṛṣīkeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra’s grace is emphasized: darśana of Hṛṣīkeśa is presented as a swift means to mokṣa, even for grievous sinners.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hari’s sannidhi (presence) at the Hṛṣīkeśa shrine within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage/approach: ‘go to Hari’s presence’ and take darśana of Hṛṣīkeśa.