Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

पुनंत्येवान्यतीर्थानि स्नानदानैरसंशयम् । अर्बुदालोकनादेव विपाप्मा तत्र जायते

Transliteration

punaṃtyevānyatīrthāni snānadānairasaṃśayam | arbudālokanādeva vipāpmā tatra jāyate

Translation

अन्य तीर्थ स्नान और दान से निःसंदेह पवित्र करते हैं; परंतु अर्बुद के केवल दर्शन मात्र से ही वहाँ मनुष्य पापरहित हो जाता है।

Word by Word

• punanti: purify
• punanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• anya-tīrthāni: other sacred places
• anya-tīrthāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—अन्यानि तीर्थानि (other tīrthas)

• snāna-dānaiḥ: by bathing and giving (charity)
• snāna-dānaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः—स्नानं च दानं च (by baths and gifts)

• asaṃśayam: undoubtedly
• asaṃśayam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् अव्यय (adverbial accusative: ‘without doubt’)

• arbuda-ālokanāt: from the sight of Arbuda
• arbuda-ālokanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक) + ālokana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—अर्बुदस्य आलोकनम् (from seeing Arbuda)

• eva: alone/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vipāpmā: sinless (person)
• vipāpmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-pāpman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘sinless’ (one free from sin)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• jāyate: is born/becomes
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 37)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (Arbudācala)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa/bhūmipati addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim party stands before the lofty Arbuda mountain; the lead pilgrim folds hands as a radiant aura suggests sins falling away merely by sight.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda
• Snāna
• Dāna
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Some sacred places are so potent that mere darśana (sight) conveys purification, surpassing ordinary ritual requirements.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda (Arbudaparvata), whose mere sight is said to remove sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It contrasts general prescriptions (snāna and dāna at other tīrthas) with Arbuda’s special claim: purification through darśana alone.