Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

दर्शनादेव राजेन्द्र कृष्णतीर्थस्य मानवः । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

darśanādeva rājendra kṛṣṇatīrthasya mānavaḥ | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

രാജേന്ദ്രാ! കൃഷ്ണതീർത്ഥത്തെ ദർശിച്ചതുമാത്രം കൊണ്ടു മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനാകുന്നു; ഇതിൽ സംശയമോ വിചാരണമോ വേണ്ട।

Word by Word

• darśanāt: from (mere) seeing
• darśanāt: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान), एकवचनम् (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (indeclinable particle of emphasis)

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan + indra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—राजेन्द्रः (राज्ञामिन्द्रः) (Masculine, Vocative, Singular; karmadhāraya)

• kṛṣṇatīrthasya: of Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha
• kṛṣṇatīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—कृष्णतीर्थ (of the Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha) (Neuter, Genitive, Singular; tatpuruṣa)

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धा॒तु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Present indicative, 3rd person singular, passive)

• sarvapāpebhyaḥ: from all sins
• sarvapāpebhyaḥ: Apādāna (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pāpa (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान), बहुवचनम्; समासः—सर्वपाप (all sins) (Neuter, Ablative, Plural; karmadhāraya)

• na: not
• na: Negation (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निषेध-निपातः (negative particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (indeclinable adverb: here/in this matter)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम् (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; predicate adjective)

• vicāraṇā: consideration/deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the edge of Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha, eyes fixed on the sacred waters; a radiant aura rises from the tīrtha; the king is addressed as witness to the proclamation of immediate purification.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography matters: a tīrtha’s sanctity is so celebrated that even darśana (holy visitation) is declared transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent visitation/seeing) of the tīrtha is itself stated as the efficacious act.