Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

धनुषां द्वितये चैव नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम् । सर्वपाप हरं लिंगं दर्शनादेव भामिनि

Transliteration

dhanuṣāṃ dvitaye caiva nātidūre vyavasthitam | sarvapāpa haraṃ liṃgaṃ darśanādeva bhāmini

Translation

ਦੋ ਧਨੁਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਾਪ ਜਿੰਨੀ ਦੂਰੀ ‘ਤੇ, ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਨੇੜੇ ਹੀ, ਉਹ ਲਿੰਗ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ। ਹੇ ਤੇਜਸਵੀਏ, ਕੇਵਲ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਮਾਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਉਹ ਸਭ ਪਾਪਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਹਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive of measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक (measure)

• द्वितये: at a distance of two (bows)
• द्वितये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative of measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; परिमाणाधिकरण (in a distance of two)

• च: and
• च: Nipāta (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipāta
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

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

• अति-दूरे: very far (in ‘not very far’)
• अति-दूरे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (‘अतिदूर’ = very far); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘न अतिदूरे’ = not very far

• व्यवस्थितम्: situated/placed
• व्यवस्थितम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि+अव → व्यवस्थित (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्तान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of लिङ्गम्)

• सर्व-पाप-हरम्: removing all sins
• सर्व-पाप-हरम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव: ‘सर्वाणि पापानि हरति’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object; understood with गच्छेत् from context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from (its) sight; by seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; हेतुवाचक अपादान (cause: from seeing)

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Nipāta
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• भामिनि: O lovely lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Budheśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāminī/Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before a small liṅga-shrine; a measuring bow indicates ‘two bow-lengths’; the liṅga emits a cleansing aura dissolving dark ‘pāpa’ clouds around the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Budheśvara
• Liṅga
• Darśana
• Pāpa
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred presence is transformative: darśana of a kṣetra-liṅga is portrayed as immediately purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Budheśvara Liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra, described as located very nearby (two bow-lengths).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (holy viewing) is emphasized as efficacious; no additional ritual is specified here.