Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यस्य संदर्शनेनापि नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते । लभते चातिसौभाग्यं सप्तजन्मांतराणि च

Transliteration

yasya saṃdarśanenāpi naraḥ pāpātpramucyate | labhate cātisaubhāgyaṃ saptajanmāṃtarāṇi ca

Translation

เพียงได้เห็นสถานที่นั้น มนุษย์ก็หลุดพ้นจากบาป และยังได้ลาภแห่งสิริมงคลอันยิ่งใหญ่ตลอดเจ็ดชาติภพสืบต่อกัน

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose/of which
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• संदर्शनेन: by the sight/visit
• संदर्शनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√दृश् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (even/also)

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

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ-भावः (is released)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अतिसौभाग्यम्: great good fortune
• अतिसौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः (अति सौभाग्यम् = अत्यन्तं सौभाग्यम्)

• सप्तजन्मान्तराणि: (for) seven lifetimes
• सप्तजन्मान्तराणि: Karma (Extent/कर्म-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + जन्मान्तर (प्रातिपदिक; जन्म + अन्तर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (सप्त जन्मान्तराणि)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Pulastya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Īśānī-śikhara

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yayāti

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (or the king) stands at a vantage point beholding Īśānī-śikhara; a luminous aura rises from the peak, and symbolic ‘sins’ (dark smoke) dissolve; seven small haloed vignettes suggest ‘seven births’ blessed by fortune.

Characters & Entities

• Īśānī-śikhara
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places carry transformative power: even simple darśana can lessen pāpa and reshape one’s karmic destiny toward auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers to the same praised sacred spot—Īśānī-śikhara—whose darśana grants purification and fortune.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana (reverent beholding/visiting) of the holy place; no additional rite is specified here.