Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

दर्शनादपि तीर्थस्य तस्य वै सुरसत्तमे । मुच्यन्ते प्राणिनः पापादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्

Transliteration

darśanādapi tīrthasya tasya vai surasattame | mucyante prāṇinaḥ pāpādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt

Translation

Wahai yang terbaik antara para dewa, dengan sekadar memandang tīrtha itu sahaja, makhluk hidup dibebaskan daripada dosa—dosa yang melekat sejak lahir hingga ke penghujung hayat.

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from (the act of) seeing
• दर्शनात्: Apādāna/Hetu (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादाने (from/through seeing)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-कार (even/also)

• तीर्थस्य: of the holy place
• तीर्थस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थ निपात (indeed)

• सुरसत्तमे: O best of gods
• सुरसत्तमे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समास: सुराणां सत्तमः (best among gods)

• मुच्यन्ते: are freed
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ भाव: ‘are released’

• प्राणिनः: living beings
• प्राणिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apādāna (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• आ: up to
• आ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Limit marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय, मर्यादार्थक (up to)

• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: up to the end of birth and death
• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: Apādāna/Avadhi (Limit/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + मरण + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; समास: जन्ममरणयोः अन्तिकम् (ending/limit of birth and death)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tritakūpa-tīrtha (chapter context) / a Prabhāsa tīrtha praised for darśana

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the threshold of the tīrtha, hands folded; a radiant path of light rises from the waters, symbolizing sins dissolving from birth to death; devas witness from above.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is transformative: even simple darśana of a tīrtha can dissolve long-accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa region) is being praised; the verse emphasizes its power even through mere sight.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; the act highlighted is darśana (reverential viewing/visiting).