Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तेषां दर्शनमात्रेण कृतकृत्यः प्रजायते । मुच्यते पातकैर्घोरैराजन्मजनितैर्ध्रु वम्

Transliteration

teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa kṛtakṛtyaḥ prajāyate | mucyate pātakairghorairājanmajanitairdhru vam

Translation

അവരെ ദർശിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രം കൊണ്ടു മനുഷ്യൻ കൃതകൃത്യനാകുന്നു; ജന്മം മുതൽ സഞ്ചിതമായ ഭീകര പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് നിശ്ചയമായി മോചിതനാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; तद्)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• darśanamātreṇa: by mere sight
• darśanamātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana-mātra (प्रातिपदिक; दर्शन + मात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• kṛtakṛtyaḥ: one who has accomplished what is to be done
• kṛtakṛtyaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta-kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + कृत्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied person)

• prajāyate: is born/becomes
• prajāyate: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√jan (धातु; जन्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु; मुच्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• pātakaiḥ: from sins
• pātakaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• ghoraiḥ: terrible
• ghoraiḥ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (to pātakaiḥ)

• ājanmajanitaiḥ: produced from birth (lifelong)
• ājanmajanitaiḥ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-janma-janita (प्रातिपदिक; आजन्म + जनित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (to pātakaiḥ)

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; नपुंसक-एकवचन-आकारेण क्रियाविशेषण (certainly)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (ṣaṭ-pravarā devatā-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī and the audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple stands with folded hands before a row of sanctums; a luminous wave of sanctity emanates from the deities, visually dissolving dark ‘sin’ shadows around the devotees, who appear serene and ‘fulfilled’ (kṛtakṛtya).

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaṭ-pravarā devāḥ (six chief deities)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy sight (darśana) at a sanctified place is transformative, bringing both inner completion and purification from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the darśana of its six foremost deities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana itself is elevated as the key act; pilgrimage viewing of the deities is presented as a direct purifier.