Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यं दृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा च स्नापयित्वाथवा नरः । मुच्यते परदारोत्थैः पातकैश्चोपपातकैः

Transliteration

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā ca snāpayitvāthavā naraḥ | mucyate paradārotthaiḥ pātakaiścopapātakaiḥ

Translation

ആൾ അദ്ദേഹത്തെ ദർശിച്ച്, പൂജിച്ച്, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ (ലിംഗത്തെ) സ്നാപനം ചെയ്‌താൽ, പരസ്ത്രീബന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടായ പാപങ്ങളും ഉപപാപങ്ങളും വിട്ടുമാറി മോചിതനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund/absolutive): ‘having seen’

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund): ‘having worshipped’

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

• स्नापयित्वा: having bathed (him), having performed ablution
• स्नापयित्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: णिजन्त-क्त्वान्त (causative gerund): ‘having caused to bathe/abluted’

• अथवा: or
• अथवा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

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

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (is released)

• परदारोत्थैः: arising from another’s wife
• परदारोत्थैः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Instrumental/हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + दार (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: परदारात् उत्थाः (arising from another’s wife); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (पातकैः)

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Instrumental/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

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

• उपपातकैः: from minor sins
• उपपातकैः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Instrumental/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपपातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvara (within Citrapīṭha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent devotee approaches the Citreśvara liṅga, offers flowers and performs abhiṣeka with water/milk; the atmosphere conveys cleansing—dark stains dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Citreśvara
• Darśana
• Pūjā
• Snāpana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere approach to a tīrtha-deity through darśana, pūjā, and ritual service functions as purification and moral restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citrapīṭha and its presiding deity, Citreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing), pūjā (worship), and snāpana (ritual bathing/ablution) of the deity.