Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्दृष्टे वरारोहे सप्तजन्मकृतं नृणाम् । पापं प्रणश्यते शीघ्रं तमः सूर्योदये यथा

Transliteration

tasmindṛṣṭe varārohe saptajanmakṛtaṃ nṛṇām | pāpaṃ praṇaśyate śīghraṃ tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā

Translation

ഹേ വരാരോഹേ, അതിനെ ദർശിച്ചതുമാത്രത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യരുടെ ഏഴ് ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ സഞ്ചിതമായ പാപം വേഗത്തിൽ നശിക്കുന്നു—സൂര്യോദയത്തിൽ തമസ് അകലുന്നതുപോലെ।

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (is)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्टे: when (it/he) is seen
• दृष्टे: Kriya (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त: क्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; तस्मिन् इति सापेक्षम् (locative absolute)

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped one
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; वर + आरोहा (श्रेष्ठा आरोहा यस्याः)

• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: done over seven births
• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + जन्म + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषण (पापस्य)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

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

• प्रणश्यते: perishes; is destroyed
• प्रणश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• सूर्योदये: at sunrise
• सूर्योदये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य-उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• यथा: as; just like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison-marker/उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (upamā/सादृश्यवाचक)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākalyeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim beholds the Śākalyeśvara liṅga at dawn; darkness recedes as the sun rises; a visual overlay shows ‘sins’ dissolving like shadows; Devī addressed as varārohā in a gentle, intimate tone.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śākalyeśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred darśana at a powerful Śiva-sthala is portrayed as an immediate purifier of long-standing karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śākalyeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding the deity/liṅga) is emphasized as a key pilgrimage act with purificatory power.