Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा निवेदयेद्यस्तु स मुक्तः सर्वबन्धनैः । स नरो गणतां याति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā nivedayedyastu sa muktaḥ sarvabandhanaiḥ | sa naro gaṇatāṃ yāti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

ആരായാലും (ദേവനെ) ദർശിച്ച് നിവേദനം/അർപ്പണം ചെയ്യുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, അവൻ എല്ലാ ബന്ധനങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും മോചിതനാകും। ആ മനുഷ്യൻ ഭൂതപ്രളയം വരെയും ഗണത്വം പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• निवेदयेत्: should report/submit
• निवेदयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु) [णिच् causative: निवेदयति]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (emphatic/contrastive)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; अन्वयार्थक (correlative pronoun)

• मुक्तः: freed/liberated
• मुक्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicative adjective)

• सर्वबन्धनैः: from all bonds
• सर्वबन्धनैः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; करण/अपादानार्थे (instrumental/ablative sense: 'from/by')

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• नरः: man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• गणताम्: the status of a gaṇa (attendant)
• गणताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकक्रियायां कर्म (object of motion-verb)

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यावत्: up to/as long as
• यावत्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अवधिपर्यन्तार्थक (up to/as long as)

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: until the cosmic dissolution (pralaya)
• आभूतसंप्लवम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal limit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + भूत + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; अवधिवाचक (as limit with यावत्)

Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (darśana-sthala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/seekers (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before the deity after darśana, hands extended in nivedana; bonds (chains/knots) dissolve symbolically; behind, Śiva-gaṇas welcome him, indicating gaṇatva lasting until cosmic dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana joined with sincere offering is presented as a liberating act, granting proximity to Śiva’s retinue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The merit is framed within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform darśana (beholding the deity) and nivedana (offering/presentation) as part of worship.