Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यस्य संदर्शनेनापि नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते । लभते चातिसौभाग्यं सप्तजन्मांतराणि च

Transliteration

yasya saṃdarśanenāpi naraḥ pāpātpramucyate | labhate cātisaubhāgyaṃ saptajanmāṃtarāṇi ca

Translation

जिसके केवल दर्शन मात्र से भी मनुष्य पाप से मुक्त हो जाता है, और सात जन्मों तक भी अत्यन्त सौभाग्य प्राप्त करता है।

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose/of which
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• संदर्शनेन: by the sight/visit
• संदर्शनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√दृश् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ-भावः (is released)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अतिसौभाग्यम्: great good fortune
• अतिसौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः (अति सौभाग्यम् = अत्यन्तं सौभाग्यम्)

• सप्तजन्मान्तराणि: (for) seven lifetimes
• सप्तजन्मान्तराणि: Karma (Extent/कर्म-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + जन्मान्तर (प्रातिपदिक; जन्म + अन्तर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (सप्त जन्मान्तराणि)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Pulastya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Īśānī-śikhara

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yayāti

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (or the king) stands at a vantage point beholding Īśānī-śikhara; a luminous aura rises from the peak, and symbolic ‘sins’ (dark smoke) dissolve; seven small haloed vignettes suggest ‘seven births’ blessed by fortune.

Characters & Entities

• Īśānī-śikhara
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places carry transformative power: even simple darśana can lessen pāpa and reshape one’s karmic destiny toward auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers to the same praised sacred spot—Īśānī-śikhara—whose darśana grants purification and fortune.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana (reverent beholding/visiting) of the holy place; no additional rite is specified here.