Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

दूरस्थश्चिन्तयन् पश्यन्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

dūrasthaścintayan paśyanmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ദൂരെയിരുന്നാലും ആ പവിത്ര തത്ത്വത്തെ ധ്യാനിച്ച് ദർശിക്കുന്നവൻ നിശ്ചയമായി മോക്ഷം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।

Word by Word

• दूरस्थः: standing far away / distant
• दूरस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूर + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक; स्था-धातुजन्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दूरे स्थितः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चिन्तयन्: thinking
• चिन्तयन्: Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु) → चिन्तयत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी; ‘thinking’

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → पश्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी; ‘seeing’

• मुच्यते: is liberated / is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘is released’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here / in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘here/in this matter’)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim far from the river sits in meditation, inwardly beholding the sacred Revā; the river appears as a luminous goddess-stream in the mind’s sky, granting release.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmanteśvara (implied)
• Tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner connection—remembrance and reverent vision—can confer liberation even without physical proximity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues the praise of Hanūmanteśvara Tīrtha in Adhyāya 83.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Contemplation (cintana/smaraṇa) and darśana (seeing) of the sacred site/deity.