Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

बाल्ये च यत्कृतं पापं कौमारे यौवने तथा । दर्शनात्कृष्णदेवस्य तन्नश्येन्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

bālye ca yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kaumāre yauvane tathā | darśanātkṛṣṇadevasya tannaśyennātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

குழந்தைப் பருவம், இளமைப் பருவம், யௌவனத்தில் செய்த எந்தப் பாவமாயினும், ஸ்ரீகிருஷ்ணதேவனின் தரிசனமட்டும் போதுமே அது அழியும்—இதில் ஐயமில்லை.

Word by Word

• बाल्ये: in childhood
• बाल्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपातः — Indeclinable conjunction

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकं (यत्…तत्) — Neuter singular relative pronoun

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पापम्’ इति विशेषणम् — Past passive participle, neuter singular (done)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter singular (subject/object)

• कौमारे: in boyhood/adolescence
• कौमारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• यौवने: in youth
• यौवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम्/समुच्चयार्थे — Indeclinable (likewise/also)

• दर्शनात्: from/by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ — Neuter, Ablative singular (because of)

• कृष्णदेवस्य: of Lord Krishna
• कृष्णदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive singular

• तत्: that (sin)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पापम्’ इत्यस्य निर्देशः — Neuter singular demonstrative pronoun

• नश्येत्: would perish
• नश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम् — Optative, 3rd person singular

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपातः — Negation particle

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक — Indeclinable adverb (here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

Speaker

Unspecified (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-darśana in Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like tableau: a person at different ages (child, adolescent, youth) stands before the same sanctum; upon Kṛṣṇa’s darśana, dark stains representing sins dissolve into light, replaced by a calm, radiant aura around the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Lord is a powerful purifier that burns away accumulated wrongdoing from earlier stages of life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, implied as the locus of Kṛṣṇa-darśana in this māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seek darśana (reverent viewing) of Lord Kṛṣṇa as a purificatory act.