Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
दृष्ट्वा प्रमुच्यते पापान्मनुष्यः कलशेश्वरम्
Transliteration
dṛṣṭvā pramucyate pāpānmanuṣyaḥ kalaśeśvaram
Translation
കലശേശ്വരനെ ദർശിച്ചാൽ മാത്രം മനുഷ്യൻ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു।
Word by Word
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त, क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
प्रमुच्यतेis freed
प्रमुच्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + मुच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive sense: ‘is released’)
पापान्sins
पापान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
मनुष्यःa man/person
मनुष्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कलशेश्वरम्Kalaśeśvara
कलशेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकलश (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष
Speaker
Sūta (implied, continuing)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kalaśeśvara
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A pilgrim stands before the Kalaśeśvara liṅga; the moment of eye-contact is emphasized—light from the sanctum meets the devotee’s gaze, suggesting sins falling away like dust.
Characters & Entities
K
Kalaśeśvara (Śiva)FAQs
Darśana is transformative: sincere encounter with the sacred is described as a purifier of moral and karmic burden.
Kalaśeśvara, the Śiva shrine praised in Adhyāya 49.
Perform darśana (visit and behold) Kalaśeśvara as a purificatory act.