Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यां गतिं यांति वै शंभो सर्वे सुकृतिनोपि हि । तां गतिं दर्शनात्सर्वे श्वपचा अधमा अपि

Transliteration

yāṃ gatiṃ yāṃti vai śaṃbho sarve sukṛtinopi hi | tāṃ gatiṃ darśanātsarve śvapacā adhamā api

Translation

Wahai Śambhu, keadaan yang bahkan semua orang berpunya kebajikan pun capai—hanya dengan darśana, semua mencapai keadaan yang sama itu, bahkan para śvapaca dan yang hina sekalipun.

Word by Word

• याम्: which
• याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/उपपद अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• शम्भो: O Śambhu
• शम्भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सुकृतिनः: the virtuous / doers of good deeds
• सुकृतिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवाद/अतिशयार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (for/indeed)

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• दर्शनात्: from seeing (him)/by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेतौ (ablative of cause: 'from/because of seeing')

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• श्वपचाः: dog-cookers (outcastes)
• श्वपचाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वपच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अधमाः: low/mean
• अधमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपवाद/अतिशयार्थक अव्यय (even)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Kedāra shrine, a diverse crowd—ascetics, householders, and marginalized figures—gazes upon Śiva’s presence; a luminous path or aura symbolizes the ‘same gati’ granted by darśana alone.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu
• Darśana
• Gati
• Sukṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a tīrtha-mahātmya frame, divine darśana is portrayed as universally elevating, surpassing conventional distinctions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Kedāra-khaṇḍa, reinforcing Kedāra’s fame for granting exalted spiritual destinations through sacred encounter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing/encounter) is identified as the key efficacious act yielding the highest gati.