Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यस्य प्रसिद्धिरतुला वृद्धिलिंगमिति द्विजाः । यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

yasya prasiddhiratulā vṛddhiliṃgamiti dvijāḥ | yasya darśanamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ, ‘വൃദ്ധിലിംഗം’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ അതുലപ്രസിദ്ധിയുള്ള അതിന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose/of which
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (of which/whose)

• प्रसिद्धिः: fame/renown
• प्रसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अतुला: incomparable
• अतुला: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रसिद्धिः)

• वृद्धिलिङ्गम्: (called) Vṛddhiliṅga
• वृद्धिलिङ्गम्: Naamapada (Name/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि-लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वृद्धेः/वृद्ध्याः लिङ्गम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-अव्यय (quotative)

• द्विजाः: the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यस्य: whose/of which
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दर्शनमात्रेण: by mere sight
• दर्शनमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करणम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दर्शनस्य मात्रेण = by mere seeing)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from all sins); कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

Speaker

Prahlāda (continuing narration, addressing dvijāḥ within the discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛddhiliṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-s (twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered liṅga shrine named Vṛddhiliṅga, approached by brāhmaṇas and pilgrims; the liṅga radiates sanctity, suggesting instant purification through sight.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛddhiliṅga
• Śiva-liṅga
• Dwijas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha theology holds that darśana of a supremely sanctified liṅga can dissolve accumulated pāpa when approached with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The renowned Vṛddhiliṅga (associated with the Indrapada/Indreśvara sacred complex) within the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing) of the Vṛddhiliṅga is itself stated as the efficacious act.