Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

यतस्त्वद्दर्शनादेव ममात्मानंदभागभूत् । अन्विच्छंल्लभते क्वापि वर्षपूगैर्मनोरथम्

Transliteration

yatastvaddarśanādeva mamātmānaṃdabhāgabhūt | anvicchaṃllabhate kvāpi varṣapūgairmanoratham

Translation

ただあなたを拝するだけで、我が魂は歓喜の分け前にあずかった。幾年も抱き続けた願いが、ついにここに見いだされたかのようだ。

Word by Word

• yataḥ: because
• yataḥ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (causal conjunction: ‘because/since’)

• tvad-darśanāt: from your sight/seeing you
• tvad-darśanāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; ‘tava darśanāt’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (ablative)

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

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ātmā-ānanda-bhāk: a partaker of inner bliss
• ātmā-ānanda-bhāk: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; ‘ātmanaḥ ānandasya bhāk’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘bhāk’ = possessor/partaker

• abhūt: became
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अद्यतनभूत/अोरिस्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anvicchan: seeking
• anvicchan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu + iṣ (धातु) → anvicchat (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/न्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘seeking’ (conjunctive participle sense)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kvāpi: somewhere
• kvāpi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva + api (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (somewhere; indefinite locative adverb)

• varṣa-pūgaiḥ: by many years (lit. by collections of years)
• varṣa-pūgaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; ‘varṣāṇāṃ pūgaiḥ’ = by heaps/collections of years), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• manoratham: a desire, wish
• manoratham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manoratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Unnamed petitioner/king (addressing Gautama)

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The darśana of a holy person can instantly awaken joy and fulfill long-held spiritual yearning—seen as the ripening of merit (puṇya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the emphasis is on darśana as a sacred event comparable to a tīrtha’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse extols darśana and the fruition of long-sought aspiration.