Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

यस्या दर्शनमात्रेण नश्यते पापसञ्चयः । चैत्रमासे तु सम्प्राप्ते अहोरात्रोषितो भवेत्

Transliteration

yasyā darśanamātreṇa naśyate pāpasañcayaḥ | caitramāse tu samprāpte ahorātroṣito bhavet

Translation

അവളെ ദർശിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രം കൊണ്ടു പാപസഞ്ചയം നശിക്കുന്നു. ചൈത്രമാസം വന്നാൽ അവിടെ ഒരു പകലും ഒരു രാത്രിയും താമസിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• दर्शनमात्रेण: by mere sight
• दर्शनमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (दर्शनस्य मात्रम् = mere seeing)

• नश्यते: perishes, is destroyed
• नश्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पापसञ्चयः: accumulation of sins
• पापसञ्चयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + सञ्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पापानां सञ्चयः = accumulation of sins)

• चैत्रमासे: in the month of Caitra
• चैत्रमासे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (चैत्रस्य मासः)

• तु: indeed/then
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक निपात (particle)

• सम्प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• सम्प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → सम्प्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; चैत्रमासे इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (locative absolute sense: 'when ... has arrived')

• अहोरात्रोषितः: having stayed for a day and night
• अहोरात्रोषितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहोरात्र + उषित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अहोरात्रे उषितः = one who has stayed day and night)

• भवेत्: would become / should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Rudra (context continues from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Anasūyā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims behold the radiant Eraṇḍī; a visual metaphor of sins dissolving—darkness lifting—while devotees remain at the ghāṭa through day and night in Caitra’s spring air.

Characters & Entities

• Eraṇḍī
• Caitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred encounter (darśana) transforms karma; pilgrimage is intensified when aligned with auspicious sacred time (Caitra).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Eraṇḍī, a manifest sacred power within the Revā Khaṇḍa tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

During Caitra, the pilgrim is instructed to remain at the site for an entire day and night (ahorātra-vāsa).