Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अन्यक्षेत्रेषु यत्कृत्वा चातुर्मास्यानि कोटिशः । तत्फलं लभते सर्वं दैत्यसूदनदर्शनात्

Transliteration

anyakṣetreṣu yatkṛtvā cāturmāsyāni koṭiśaḥ | tatphalaṃ labhate sarvaṃ daityasūdanadarśanāt

Translation

മറ്റു ക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളിൽ കോടിക്കണക്കിന് ചാതുർമാസ്യാനുഷ്ഠാനങ്ങൾ ചെയ്താൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഫലം മുഴുവനും, ഇവിടെ ദൈത്യസൂദനന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രത്തിൽ ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अन्य-क्षेत्रेषु: in other holy places
• अन्य-क्षेत्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः (in other sacred places)

• यत्: whatever (merit)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधकं (that which)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund); 'having done'

• चातुर्मास्यानि: Cāturmāsya observances
• चातुर्मास्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) बहुवचनम्

• कोटिशः: in crores (countless times)
• कोटिशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (शस्-प्रत्यय, अव्ययार्थ)
• Form: शसन्त-अव्ययम् (distributive/iterative adverb: 'in crores/innumerably')

• तत्-फलम्: that result
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (that fruit/result)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person) एकवचनम्

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचनम्; कर्मविशेषणम्

• दैत्यसूदन-दर्शनात्: from the दर्शन (sight) of Daityasūdana
• दैत्यसूदन-दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्यसूदन (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (from/by the sight of Daityasūdana)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration commonly via Sūta to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Daityasūdana-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim beholds Daityasūdana; behind him, symbolic ‘crores of vows’ dissolve into a single radiant darśana, showing the kṣetra’s concentrated grace.

Characters & Entities

• Daityasūdana (Viṣṇu)
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the deity in a supremely sacred place can equal or surpass vast ritual effort done elsewhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Daityasūdana’s darśana is presented as extraordinarily merit-giving.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse compares results of Cāturmāsya elsewhere with the fruit of Daityasūdana-darśana here; it implicitly recommends darśana/pilgrimage.