Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

सद्यः पापविशुद्धिः स्याद्यथा गोकर्णदर्शनात् । अपि पापशतं कृत्वा ब्रह्म हत्यादि मानवः

Transliteration

sadyaḥ pāpaviśuddhiḥ syādyathā gokarṇadarśanāt | api pāpaśataṃ kṛtvā brahma hatyādi mānavaḥ

Translation

கோகರ್ಣ தரிசனத்தாலேயே உடனடி பாவசுத்தி உண்டாகும்; மனிதன் நூறு நூறு பாவங்கள் செய்திருந்தாலும்—பிரம்மஹத்த்யை முதலியன செய்திருந்தாலும்—(அவனும் சுத்தமடைவான்).

Word by Word

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable temporal adverb; 'immediately')

• पापविशुद्धिः: purification from sin
• पापविशुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

• स्यात्: would be / may occur
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (optative, 3rd person singular)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (indeclinable; 'as')

• गोकर्णदर्शनात्: from seeing Gokarṇa
• गोकर्णदर्शनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (neuter, ablative singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Emphasis (अवधारण/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (indeclinable; 'even/also')

• पापशतम्: a hundred sins
• पापशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• कृत्वा: having done/committed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (gerund/absolutive; 'having done')

• ब्रह्महत्यादि: Brahmin-slaying and the like
• ब्रह्महत्यादि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'आदि'समासान्त (neuter, accusative singular; 'etc.' compound)

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice not identifiable from the isolated verse; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A burdened sinner arrives at Gokarṇa; upon seeing the kṣetra, dark stains dissolve into light; Śiva’s compassionate presence is felt as a cleansing wave.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa
• Brahmahatyā (sin category)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and darśana at a supremely holy Śaiva site are depicted as capable of rapid moral-spiritual renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa, specifically through its darśana (sacred sight/visit).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—visiting and beholding the sacred place (and implicitly its deity/linga).