Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि यमलोकं न पश्यति

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi yamalokaṃ na paśyati

Translation

ਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ, ਉਸ ਵਿਚਿਤ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰ ਲੈਣ ਤੇ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਯਮਲੋਕ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਵੇਖਦਾ।

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे (अथवा पुल्लिङ्गे) द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्; Pronoun, Accusative singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund) ; ‘having seen’

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Masculine, Nominative singular

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Feminine, Vocative singular

• यमलोकम्: Yama’s world (realm of death)
• यमलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + लोक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यमस्य लोकः); नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Neuter, Accusative singular

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (particle of negation)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमानकालः), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; Present indicative, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vicitreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before the Vicitreśvara liṅga; behind him, Yamadūtas fade into mist, and a distant, dark Yama-loka dissolves—replaced by Śiva’s protective radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Vicitreśvara
• Yamaloka
• Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-darśana at a sanctified liṅga is portrayed as a liberating grace that transcends fear of punitive afterlife states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vicitreśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasis is on darśana (seeing/visiting) as the key act yielding the stated fruit.