Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

दृष्टमात्रेण येनेह ह्यनृणो जायते नरः । पुरा वर्षशतं साग्रमाराध्य परमेश्वरम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭamātreṇa yeneha hyanṛṇo jāyate naraḥ | purā varṣaśataṃ sāgramārādhya parameśvaram

Translation

దాని కేవలం దర్శనమాత్రమునే ఈ లోకములో మనుష్యుడు ఋణముక్తుడగును. పూర్వకాలమున పరమేశ్వరుని శతవత్సరములకన్నా అధికంగా ఆరాధించి (ఈ మహిమ ప్రకటించబడెను).

Word by Word

• दृष्टमात्रेण: by mere seeing
• दृष्टमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्ट-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• इह: here; in this world
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/causal particle)

• अनृणः: free from debt/obligation
• अनृणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘नरः’)

• जायते: is born; becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly; in ancient times
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• वर्षशतम्: a hundred years
• वर्षशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणम्

• साग्रम्: with an additional part; a little more (than)
• साग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘वर्षशतम्’)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrative voice continues in this adhyāya; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before the liṅga; above, symbolic chains/ledgers of debt dissolve into light; in the background, a sage performs long worship for a hundred years, contrasted with the instant grace of darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple darśana of a great Śaiva tīrtha is taught to remove heavy worldly burdens (like indebtedness) through Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara Tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa (connected with the Narmadā riverbank context of this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the fruit of darśana and recalls long-term worship of Parameśvara.