Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तेषु सर्वेषु दृष्टेषु भक्त्या पूतेन चेतसा । सर्वेषामेव देवानां भवेद्दर्शनजं फलम्

Transliteration

teṣu sarveṣu dṛṣṭeṣu bhaktyā pūtena cetasā | sarveṣāmeva devānāṃ bhaveddarśanajaṃ phalam

Translation

भक्तीने पवित्र झालेल्या चित्ताने जेव्हा त्या सर्वांचे दर्शन होते, तेव्हा सर्व देवतांच्या दर्शनाचे फळ प्राप्त होते.

Word by Word

• तेषु: in those
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (तेषु)

• दृष्टेषु: when (they are) seen
• दृष्टेषु: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Circumstantial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• पूतेन: purified
• पूतेन: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (चेतसा)

• चेतसा: by/with the mind
• चेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवानाम्)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• भवेत्: would be/arises
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दर्शनजम्: born of seeing (sight-derived)
• दर्शनजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of फलम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शन + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (दर्शनात् जातम्)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (deduced from surrounding dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: 27-liṅga kṣetra (Siddheśvara-pramukha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands moves through a row of liṅga shrines; a subtle aura indicates purified mind; above, a symbolic assembly of devas appears, signifying ‘all gods’ fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Darśana
• Bhakti
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) is presented as the purifier that makes pilgrimage-darśana spiritually complete and universally meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha-region containing the many liṅgas; their collective darśana is praised as universally efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) performed with a bhakti-purified mind.