Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

मम संदर्शनं प्राप्य न मृत्युर्जायते क्वचित् । न वृथा दर्शनं चैतत्तस्मात्प्रार्थय सादरम्

Transliteration

mama saṃdarśanaṃ prāpya na mṛtyurjāyate kvacit | na vṛthā darśanaṃ caitattasmātprārthaya sādaram

Translation

“ମୋର ଦର୍ଶନ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କଲେ କେବେ ମୃତ୍ୟୁ ଘଟେ ନାହିଁ। ଏହି ଦର୍ଶନ ବ୍ୟର୍ଥ ନୁହେଁ; ତେଣୁ ଆଦର ସହ ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା କର।”

Word by Word

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संदर्शनम्: seeing; audience (with me)
• संदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having obtained; having attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: arises; occurs
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• क्वचित्: anywhere; ever
• क्वचित्: Desha-kala (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (indefinite adverb: anywhere/ever)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• वृथा: in vain
• वृथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in vain)

• दर्शनम्: the seeing; the audience
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• प्रार्थय: request; ask
• प्रार्थय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सादरम्: respectfully; with reverence
• सादरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks a promise: having obtained his darśana, death does not arise; he invites the devotee to ask a boon with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• darśana
• mṛtyu (death)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Lord is intrinsically transformative; divine grace turns fear of death into a call for reverent, purposeful prayer.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a tīrtha-glorification setting, but the specific site is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general instruction is given: approach the deity with sādara-prārthanā (reverent petition) after darśana.