Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

श्रीमहादेव उवाच । न वृथा दर्शनं मे स्याद्विशेषाद्ब्राह्मणस्य च । दर्शनं ये करिष्यंति तेषां च तीर्थजं फलम्

Transliteration

śrīmahādeva uvāca | na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syādviśeṣādbrāhmaṇasya ca | darśanaṃ ye kariṣyaṃti teṣāṃ ca tīrthajaṃ phalam

Translation

พระศรีมหาเทวาตรัสว่า “ทัศนะ (darśana) ของเราจะไม่สูญเปล่า—ยิ่งนักสำหรับพราหมณ์ ผู้ใดได้ทัศนะนี้ ผู้นั้นจักได้ผลบุญอันเกิดจากการไปยังตีรถะ (tīrtha) ด้วย”

Word by Word

• श्रीमहादेवः: the venerable Mahādeva
• श्रीमहादेवः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + महादेव (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masc., nominative, singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत) परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (perfect, parasmaipada, 3rd person singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• वृथा: in vain
• वृथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in vain)

• दर्शनम्: (my) sight/vision
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (neut., nominative, singular)

• मे: of me, my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचनम् (genitive, singular)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/विधान) परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (optative, 3rd person singular)

• विशेषात्: especially
• विशेषात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (masc., ablative, singular); हेत्वर्थे (as a reason: 'especially')

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of a brahmin
• ब्राह्मणस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (masc., genitive, singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• दर्शनम्: sight/seeing (me)
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (neut., accusative, singular)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (masc., nominative, plural); सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम

• करिष्यन्ति: will do/perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्) परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम् (simple future, 3rd person plural)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी बहुवचनम् (genitive, plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तीर्थजम्: arising from pilgrimage/holy place
• तीर्थजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ + ज (प्रातिपदिक; ज = 'born from')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (neut., accusative, singular); पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः—'तीर्थात् जातम्'

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (neut., nominative, singular)

Speaker

Śrī Mahādeva (Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva assures the sages that his darśana is never futile and grants tīrtha-born merit to future visitors who behold him.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Brāhmaṇa
• Tīrtha
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva at a sanctified place yields real merit; sacred encounter itself becomes tīrtha-like in fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda Koṭiliṅga sacred setting where Śiva’s darśana is declared to confer tīrtha-born merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is to seek darśana; no separate snāna/dāna/japa is specified in this verse.