Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

दशजन्मकृतं पापं नश्येत्तद्दर्शनात्प्रिये । जन्मान्तरसहस्रेषु यत्कृतं पापसंचयम्

Transliteration

daśajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ naśyettaddarśanātpriye | janmāntarasahasreṣu yatkṛtaṃ pāpasaṃcayam

Translation

ഹേ പ്രിയേ, ആ ദർശനമാത്രത്തിൽ പത്ത് ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ ചെയ്ത പാപം നശിക്കുന്നു; ആയിരം ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ സഞ്ചിതമായ പാപസഞ്ചയവും നശിച്ചുപോകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• दश-जन्म-कृतम्: done over ten births
• दश-जन्म-कृतम्: Karma-qualifier (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (done in ten births)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नश्येत्: should perish
• नश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तत्-दर्शनात्: from seeing that
• तत्-दर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause: from/through seeing that)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• जन्म-अन्तर-सहस्रेषु: in thousands of other births
• जन्म-अन्तर-सहस्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; अधिकरण (in thousands of other births)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative)

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Karma-qualifier (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (done)

• पाप-संचयम्: accumulation of sins
• पाप-संचयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karddamāla (Varāha-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Priyā/Devī (addressed as ‘priye’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee beholds Varāha; behind them appear faint silhouettes of past lives dissolving like mist, symbolizing ten births and thousands of births’ sins being erased; the shrine radiates calm, purifying light.

Characters & Entities

• Karddamāla
• Varāha (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace accessed through tīrtha-darśana can cleanse long-standing karmic accumulations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Karddamāla (contextually tied to the darśana of Varāha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (pilgrimage sight) is presented as the efficacious act; no separate rite is specified.