Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

सर्वपापमयोऽप्यत्र मुच्यते लिंगदर्शनात्

Transliteration

sarvapāpamayo'pyatra mucyate liṃgadarśanāt

Translation

Mesmo aquele impregnado de todo pecado é libertado aqui, apenas ao contemplar o Liṅga.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापमयः: filled with all sins
• सर्वपापमयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः पापैः मयः = पूर्णः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक/समुच्चयार्थक (indeclinable; ‘even/also’)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• मुच्यते: is freed, is released
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Present indicative, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada; passive)

• लिङ्गदर्शनात्: from seeing the liṅga
• लिङ्गदर्शनात्: Apādāna (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular); तत्पुरुष (लिङ्गस्य दर्शनम्)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga-kṣetra within Dharmāraṇya (associated with Pīluyugma-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant black-stone Liṅga on a yoni-pīṭha, anointed with water; devotees with folded hands; a dark aura of sin dissolving into light upon darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana—reverent sight of the sacred—is upheld as a direct channel of grace that can cut through even accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Dharmāraṇya site where a Śiva-liṅga is to be beheld; the verse emphasizes the place-specific efficacy (“here”).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-darśana (beholding the Śiva-liṅga) as the central salvific act.