Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च पापिष्ठा महापापयुताश्च ये । सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यंते कृष्णदेवस्य दर्शनात्

Transliteration

ete cānye ca pāpiṣṭhā mahāpāpayutāśca ye | sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyaṃte kṛṣṇadevasya darśanāt

Translation

คนเหล่านี้และคนบาปยิ่งอื่น ๆ แม้แบกมหาบาปไว้ ก็พ้นจากบาปทั้งปวงได้ด้วยการได้ทัศนะ (ทัรศนะ) แห่งพระกฤษณเทพ

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• पापिष्ठाः: most sinful
• पापिष्ठाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; पाप-तमप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण; तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative)

• महापापयुताः: endowed with great sins
• महापापयुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापाप (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (महच्च तत् पापं) + 'युत' = 'युक्त'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः/ये (relative pronoun)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• प्रमुच्यन्ते: are released
• प्रमुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• कृष्णदेवस्य: of Lord Krishna
• कृष्णदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (कृष्णः देवः)

• दर्शनात्: from (the act of) seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (via Kṛṣṇa-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent sinner approaches the sanctum; as Kṛṣṇa’s eyes meet the devotee, dark smoke-like sins lift away and dissolve into the deity’s radiant aura; the devotee emerges calm and purified.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana, grounded in grace and devotion, is presented as a supreme purifier beyond ordinary measures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the implied setting, where Kṛṣṇa’s darśana is sought and praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—seeking and beholding Lord Kṛṣṇa (especially in his sacred abode).