Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

अपि पापसमोपेता लिंगस्यास्य प्रभावतः । परदारोद्भवा त्पापादहिल्येश्वरदर्शनात्

Transliteration

api pāpasamopetā liṃgasyāsya prabhāvataḥ | paradārodbhavā tpāpādahilyeśvaradarśanāt

Translation

പാപഭാരമുള്ളവനും ഈ ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ, അഹില്യേശ്വരദർശനമാത്രത്തിൽ പരസ്ത്രീഗമനജന്യ പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (even/also)

• पाप-समोपेता: endowed with sin
• पाप-समोपेता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samupeta (सम्+उप+इ, क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-विशेषण (past passive participle)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam/ayam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (of this)

• प्रभावतः: due to the power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

• पर-दार-उद्भवात्: from (sin) arising from another's wife
• पर-दार-उद्भवात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (from/caused by)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• अहिल्येश्वर-दर्शनात्: by seeing Ahilyeśvara
• अहिल्येश्वर-दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahilyeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ahilyeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent devotee, burdened by guilt, approaches a radiant liṅga named Ahilyeśvara; the liṅga’s aura burns away dark smoke-like sin as mere sight grants release.

Characters & Entities

• Ahilyeśvara
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s liṅga at a sacred site grants powerful purification; sincere darśana can dissolve even grave moral faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ahilyeśvara (a Śiva-liṅga) within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context of Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (devotional beholding/visiting) of Ahilyeśvara is presented as the efficacious act.