Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यां गतिं यांति वै शंभो सर्वे सुकृतिनोपि हि । तां गतिं दर्शनात्सर्वे श्वपचा अधमा अपि

Transliteration

yāṃ gatiṃ yāṃti vai śaṃbho sarve sukṛtinopi hi | tāṃ gatiṃ darśanātsarve śvapacā adhamā api

Translation

โอ้ ศัมภู! ภาวะอันใดที่แม้ผู้มีบุญทั้งหลายย่อมบรรลุ เพียงได้ดรศนะเท่านั้น ทุกคนก็ถึงภาวะเดียวกันนั้น แม้ผู้หุงสุนัขและผู้ต่ำต้อยก็ตาม

Word by Word

• याम्: which
• याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/उपपद अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• शम्भो: O Śambhu
• शम्भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सुकृतिनः: the virtuous / doers of good deeds
• सुकृतिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवाद/अतिशयार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (for/indeed)

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from seeing (him)/by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेतौ (ablative of cause: 'from/because of seeing')

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• श्वपचाः: dog-cookers (outcastes)
• श्वपचाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वपच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अधमाः: low/mean
• अधमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपवाद/अतिशयार्थक अव्यय (even)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Kedāra shrine, a diverse crowd—ascetics, householders, and marginalized figures—gazes upon Śiva’s presence; a luminous path or aura symbolizes the ‘same gati’ granted by darśana alone.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu
• Darśana
• Gati
• Sukṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a tīrtha-mahātmya frame, divine darśana is portrayed as universally elevating, surpassing conventional distinctions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Kedāra-khaṇḍa, reinforcing Kedāra’s fame for granting exalted spiritual destinations through sacred encounter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing/encounter) is identified as the key efficacious act yielding the highest gati.