Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

दर्शनादपि दीपस्य सर्वसिद्धिर्नृणां भवेत्

Transliteration

darśanādapi dīpasya sarvasiddhirnṛṇāṃ bhavet

Translation

แม้เพียงได้เห็นประทีป มนุษย์ก็อาจบังเกิดความสำเร็จทั้งปวงได้

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from seeing; by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (from/through seeing)

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (also/even)

• दीपस्य: of the lamp
• दीपस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सर्वसिद्धिः: complete attainment; all success
• सर्वसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘सर्वा सिद्धिः’ (complete success/attainment)

• नृणाम्: of men; of people
• नृणाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• भवेत्: may occur; would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Contextual: Brahmā (Brahmā–Nārada Saṃvāda)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A simple composition: a single lamp in darkness; diverse people—pilgrim, householder, ascetic—behold it; subtle aura lines suggest ‘siddhi’ arising from mere seeing.

Characters & Entities

• Dīpa
• Siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred symbols like the lamp carry transformative merit; even darśana (holy sight) is spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is part of the kṣetra-oriented Cāturmāsya teaching stream in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, applicable to sacred temples described therein.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Receive darśana of the lamp (especially in a temple context).