Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

कर्दमाले तु वाराहं दृष्ट्वा तन्नाशमेष्यति । हेमकोटिसहस्राणि गवां कोटिशतानि च

Transliteration

kardamāle tu vārāhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tannāśameṣyati | hemakoṭisahasrāṇi gavāṃ koṭiśatāni ca

Translation

ผู้ใดได้เห็นพระวราหะ ณ กรรทมาลา กองบาปนั้นย่อมพินาศ บุญกุศลเสมอด้วยการถวายทองคำเป็นพันโกฏิ และโคเป็นร้อยโกฏิเป็นทาน

Word by Word

• कर्दमाले: in Kardamālā
• कर्दमाले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्दमाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• वाराहम्: the boar (Varāha)
• वाराहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having seen)

• तत्-नाशम्: its destruction (destruction of that sin)
• तत्-नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एष्यति: will attain/come to
• एष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; अर्थः—प्राप्नोति/गच्छति (will reach/undergo)

• हेम-कोटि-सहस्राणि: thousands of crores of gold (coins)
• हेम-कोटि-सहस्राणि: Karma (Implied object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-समास (thousands of crores of gold)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कोटि-शतानि: hundreds of crores
• कोटि-शतानि: Karma (Implied object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (hundreds of crores)

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

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karddamāla (Varāha-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches a sacred spot named Karddamāla; a majestic Varāha form is enshrined or manifested, radiating protective power; offerings of gold and cows are symbolically shown as eclipsed by the single act of darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Karddamāla
• Varāha
• Dāna (gold, cows)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-darśana can yield merits equated with immense charity, emphasizing grace and sacred place-power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Karddamāla, specifically the darśana of Varāha there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Varāha-darśana is the core act; dāna of gold and cows is mentioned as a merit-comparison benchmark.