Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

दर्शनं संप्रदास्यामि त्यज शोकं शुचिस्मिते । तामापृच्छ्य ततो गंगां पुनर्दर्शनमस्तु ते

Transliteration

darśanaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi tyaja śokaṃ śucismite | tāmāpṛcchya tato gaṃgāṃ punardarśanamastu te

Translation

ഞാൻ നിശ്ചയമായി നിനക്കു എന്റെ ദർശനം നൽകും; ഹേ ശുചിസ്മിതേ, ദുഃഖം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കൂ. പിന്നെ ഗംഗയെ വിടപറഞ്ഞ്—നിനക്കു പുനർദർശനം ലഭിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• darśanam: a sight/vision (meeting)
• darśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• saṃpradāsyāmi: I shall grant
• saṃpradāsyāmi: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु √dā/दा with उपसर्ग sam-pra-)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; “सम्प्रदास्यामि” (I shall grant)

• tyaja: abandon
• tyaja: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु √tyaj/त्यज्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• śokam: grief
• śokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śuci-smite: O pure-smiling one
• śuci-smite: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक) + smita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—“शुचि च तत् स्मितं यस्याः” (O one with pure smile)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āpṛcchya: having taken leave (of), after asking
• āpṛcchya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āpṛcch (धातु √pṛcch/पृच्छ् with उपसर्ग ā-)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; “आपृच्छ्य” (having taken leave/asked)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequential marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ततो (then/from there)

• gaṅgām: Ganga
• gaṅgām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• darśanam: meeting/seeing
• darśanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriyā (Benedictive/optative command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु √as/अस्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; “अस्तु” (let it be)

• te: for you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sarasvatī (addressing a devotee; Gaṅgā is referenced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-darśana assurance)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā offers a blessing gesture (abhaya/varada), her face compassionate; the other goddess smiles through tears, reassured. The moment is a sacred leave-taking with a promise of reunion.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana is a divine gift that dispels sorrow; Purāṇic faith reframes separation as a promise of renewed encounter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative setting; Gaṅgā is invoked as a sacred river-presence within the tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes emotional purification (tyaja śokam) and reverent leave-taking (āpṛcchya).