Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

नश्यते तत्क्षणादेव द्वादशादित्यदर्शनात् । प्रदक्षिणं तु यः कुर्यात्तस्य देवस्य भारत

Transliteration

naśyate tatkṣaṇādeva dvādaśādityadarśanāt | pradakṣiṇaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasya devasya bhārata

Translation

…وہ دْوادش آدتیہ کے درشن سے اسی لمحے مٹ جاتا ہے۔ اور اے بھارت، جو کوئی اس دیوتا کی پردکشنا (طواف) کرے،

Word by Word

• naśyate: is destroyed, perishes
• naśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• tat-kṣaṇāt: from that moment
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apadāna (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ablative singular; तत्पुरुष (तस्मिन् क्षणे/तत्क्षणः) used as “from that very moment”

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधारण particle

• dvādaśa-āditya-darśanāt: from seeing the twelve Ādityas
• dvādaśa-āditya-darśanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ablative singular; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्वादशादित्यस्य दर्शनम्)

• pradakṣiṇam: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• tu: but, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — particle “but/and”

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — relative pronoun “who”

• kuryāt: should do, would perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — “should do/may perform”

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative singular

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic speaker, contextually within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādaśāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed explicitly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee beholds the Dvādaśāditya icon; at the moment of sight, dark stains vanish. The devotee then performs clockwise circumambulation around the sanctum, lamps flickering.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśāditya
• Pradakṣiṇā
• Bhārata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana and pradakṣiṇā, done with faith, are presented as swift means of purification and reverent surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Dvādaśāditya-associated tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu is implied, emphasizing shrine-circumambulation as a local practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dvādaśāditya-darśana and the performance of pradakṣiṇā (ritual circumambulation).