Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दर्शनात्तस्य देवस्य सप्तजन्मान्तरोद्भवम् । पापं प्रणाशमायाति सत्यंसत्यं वरानने

Transliteration

darśanāttasya devasya saptajanmāntarodbhavam | pāpaṃ praṇāśamāyāti satyaṃsatyaṃ varānane

Translation

ആ ദേവനെ ദർശിച്ചതുമാത്രത്തിൽ ഏഴ് ജന്മാന്തരങ്ങളിൽ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച പാപം നശിക്കുന്നു—ഇത് സത്യം, സത്യമേ, ഹേ സുന്ദരമുഖിയേ.

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from seeing (by the sight)
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्तजन्मान्तरउद्भवम्: arisen across seven births
• सप्तजन्मान्तरउद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘पापम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रणाशम्: destruction
• प्रणाशम्: Gati-Karma (Result/Goal as object/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आयाति: comes/attains
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √या (गत्यर्थे)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् नपुंसक-एकवचनरूपेण; वाक्ये निश्चयार्थक-उद्गार (assertive: ‘truly’)

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति; निश्चयार्थक (repetition for emphasis)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pratyūṣeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (or a group) stands before the Pratyūṣeśvara liṅga; a subtle visual metaphor shows dark smoke (sins of seven births) dissolving into light as the gaze meets the deity; Śiva affirms ‘satyaṃ satyaṃ’ to Pārvatī.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahādevī
• Pratyūṣeśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva at a revered tīrtha carries transformative merit, purifying karmic residue accumulated over many lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the darśana of its deity (Pratyūṣeśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana (visiting and beholding the deity); no additional vow, dāna, or snāna is specified in this verse.