Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एतच्छृंगं गिरे रम्यं तव संसेवनाच्छुभे । सर्वपापहरं नृणां दर्शनाच्च भविष्यति

Transliteration

etacchṛṃgaṃ gire ramyaṃ tava saṃsevanācchubhe | sarvapāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ darśanācca bhaviṣyati

Translation

ഹേ ശുഭേ, നിന്റെ സന്നിധിയും സേവനവും മൂലം ഈ മനോഹരമായ പർവ്വതശിഖരം മനുഷ്യർക്കു ദർശനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ സർവ്വപാപഹരമാകും।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘śṛṅgam’)

• śṛṅgam: peak; summit
• śṛṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gire: of the mountain
• gire: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन (Vedic/epic gen.-loc. alternation possible); अर्थतः ‘of the mountain’

• ramyam: beautiful
• ramyam: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘śṛṅgam’)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• saṃsevanāt: from (your) service/attendance
• saṃsevanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-sevana (प्रातिपदिक; saṃ- + √sev (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause): ‘from/by (your) attendance/service’

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhā/śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘O auspicious one’

• sarvapāpaharam: removing all sins
• sarvapāpaharam: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-pāpa-hara (प्रातिपदिक; hara from √hṛ (धातु))
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘सर्वं पापं हरति’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘śṛṅgam’)

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• darśanāt: from seeing
• darśanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक; √dṛś (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी: ‘from (mere) seeing’

• ca: also
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and/also’

• bhaviṣyati: will become; will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Main verb/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-śṛṅga

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī; with King as frame-listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant mountain peak with lush forests; the Goddess’s subtle presence is shown as a luminous aura or seated Devī on the peak, blessing pilgrims whose sins fall away like dark mist dispersing.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Devī
• Īśānī-śikhara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places become spiritually potent through divine association, and even simple darśana can purify the pilgrim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Īśānī-śikhara (the sacred peak in the Arbuda mountain region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is mandated here; the text emphasizes the merit of darśana (visiting/seeing) the peak.