Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

आस्तां संस्पर्शनं तस्य संभाषो वा विशेषतः । दर्शनं वापि तस्याहुः सर्वपापप्रदं नृणाम्

Transliteration

āstāṃ saṃsparśanaṃ tasya saṃbhāṣo vā viśeṣataḥ | darśanaṃ vāpi tasyāhuḥ sarvapāpapradaṃ nṛṇām

Translation

അവനെ സ്പർശിക്കുന്നത് വിട്ടേക്കുക—പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് അവനോടു സംസാരിക്കുന്നതും; അവനെ കാണുന്നതുമാത്രം മനുഷ്യർക്കു എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളും നൽകുന്നതായി പറയുന്നു.

Word by Word

• आस्ताम्: let be / leave aside
• आस्ताम्: Kriya (Directive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘let it be/never mind’ अर्थे (idiomatic)

• संस्पर्शनम्: touching/contact
• संस्पर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + स्पृश् (धातु) + अन (प्रत्यय) → संस्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• संभाषः: conversation
• संभाषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभाष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेषणार्थ क्रियाविशेषण (especially)

• दर्शनम्: seeing/sight
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + अन (प्रत्यय) → दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)

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

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• आहुः: they say
• आहुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वपापप्रदम्: bestowing all sins
• सर्वपापप्रदम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रदम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (दर्शनम् इत्यस्य)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cautionary tableau: a radiant assembly recoils as a tainted figure approaches; even a glance is shown as spiritually perilous, with dark vapors symbolizing pāpa spreading through mere sight.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Indra (implied as brahmahatyā-afflicted)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text intensifies the warning: moral-ritual taint is powerful, so protection of purity and prompt expiation are essential.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not yet; the glorification comes through the forthcoming tīrtha regimen that removes brahmahatyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A heightened avoidance norm: avoid even the sight (darśana), not only touch or speech.