Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

सप्तजन्मार्जितं पापं दर्शनात्क्षयमाव्रजेत्

Transliteration

saptajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ darśanātkṣayamāvrajet

Translation

ഏഴ് ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ സമ്പാദിച്ച പാപവും ഇതിന്റെ ദർശനം മാത്രത്താൽ ക്ഷയിച്ചു നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• sapta-janma-ārjitam: acquired over seven births
• sapta-janma-ārjitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta + janman + ārjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; sapta janmasu ārjitam (locative-tatpuruṣa sense)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• darśanāt: from seeing (it)
• darśanāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Pañcamī (5th), Ekavacana; hetu-ablative

• kṣayam: destruction
• kṣayam: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• āvrajet: would attain/come to
• āvrajet: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + vraj (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (Optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler, dusty from journey, beholds Brahmakuṇḍa; a luminous aura rises from the water; shadowy symbols of past sins dissolve like smoke as the pilgrim folds hands.

Characters & Entities

• Darśana
• Brahmakuṇḍa (implied by immediate context)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverential encounter with a mahā-tīrtha is transformative; divine grace can cut through long-standing karmic burden.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The darśana is of the Prabhāsakṣetra tīrtha being discussed—contextually Brahmakuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (pilgrimage-visit and sacred viewing) as an efficacious act leading to pāpa-kṣaya.