Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा च मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वकिल्बिषैः

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā ca muktaḥ syātsarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Translation

അവനെ ദർശിച്ച് പൂജിച്ചാൽ സർവ്വ പാപകല്മഷങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനാകും।

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप (Gerund/absolutive), ‘having seen’

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund/absolutive), ‘having worshipped’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘freed’

• स्यात्: would be/should become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• सर्व-किल्बिषैः: from all sins
• सर्व-किल्बिषैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेष्य-विशेषण-समास; ‘from all sins’ (instrumental of separation in passive sense)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣemeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple approaches the Kṣemeśvara liṅga; they offer bilva leaves and water, lamps glow, and a subtle aura signifies purification as darkness lifts from their forms.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣemeśvara
• Darśana
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (sacred seeing) and pūjā (worship) at a holy shrine purify the devotee and remove spiritual impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kṣemeśvara shrine within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform darśana and pūjā of the deity; these acts are stated to yield purification from sins.