Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अथाऽभूत्पापनिर्मुक्तस्तत्क्षणात्तस्य दर्शनात् । तेजसा च समायुक्तः पुनः प्राप त्रिविष्टपम्

Transliteration

athā'bhūtpāpanirmuktastatkṣaṇāttasya darśanāt | tejasā ca samāyuktaḥ punaḥ prāpa triviṣṭapam

Translation

ତାଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନମାତ୍ରେ ସେ ତତ୍କ୍ଷଣାତ୍ ପାପମୁକ୍ତ ହେଲେ; ତେଜସ୍ୱୀ ହୋଇ ପୁନର୍ବାର ତ୍ରିବିଷ୍ଟପ (ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ)କୁ ଫେରିଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रमसूचक

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापनिर्मुक्तः: freed from sin
• पापनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-निर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक: पाप + निर्मुक्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘निर्मुक्त’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पापात् निर्मुक्तः (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana/Time-source (from that moment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-क्षण (प्रातिपदिक: तत् + क्षण)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्समये (at that moment)

• तस्य: of him/of that (deity)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from (the act of) seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तेजसा: with radiance
• तेजसा: Sahakari/Instrument (means/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक

• समायुक्तः: endowed/connected
• समायुक्तः: Karta (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√युज् (धातु) → समायुक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्त/सम्पन्न’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• प्राप: attained
• प्राप: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिविष्टपम्: Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + विष्टप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोग (three-tiered heaven)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra stands before the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga; a burst of light returns to his body and crown; the underworld darkness recedes as he ascends back toward heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara (Śiva)
• Indra
• Triviṣṭapa (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva at a true tīrtha is portrayed as immediately transformative—sin falls away and divine radiance is restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara, whose darśana grants pāpa-nāśa (destruction of sin).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding the liṅga/deity) is the explicit efficacious act in this verse.