Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तत्सर्वं जायते पुण्यं प्राणिनामस्य दर्शनात् । तस्मादेतन्महाक्षेत्रं पुराणादिषु गीयते

Transliteration

tatsarvaṃ jāyate puṇyaṃ prāṇināmasya darśanāt | tasmādetanmahākṣetraṃ purāṇādiṣu gīyate

Translation

บุญทั้งปวงนั้นบังเกิดแก่สรรพสัตว์เพียงด้วยการได้ดาร์ศนะสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้เท่านั้น เพราะฉะนั้นมหากษेत्रนี้จึงได้รับการสรรเสริญในปุราณะและคัมภีร์อื่น ๆ

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all (of that)
• सर्वम्: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• प्राणिनाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अस्य: of this, of him/it
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्/अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from seeing, by the sight of
• दर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महाक्षेत्रम्: great sacred region
• महाक्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् क्षेत्रम्)

• पुराणादिषु: in the Purāṇas and other texts
• पुराणादिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (पुराणेषु आदिषु च)

• गीयते: is sung/praised
• गीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A threshold moment: pilgrims behold Ayodhyā’s sacred skyline/ghāṭas; the very act of seeing is shown as generating luminous merit, while sages cite Purāṇic authority.

Characters & Entities

• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple darśana of Ayodhyā generates vast puṇya, revealing the power of sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is explicitly upheld as a mahākṣetra praised across Purāṇic literature.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasis is on darśana (reverent visitation/seeing) as itself a merit-generating act.