Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तथा पापानि नश्यन्ति शूलभेदस्य दर्शनात् । प्रत्यक्षो दृश्यतेऽद्यापि प्रत्ययो ह्यवनीपते

Transliteration

tathā pāpāni naśyanti śūlabhedasya darśanāt | pratyakṣo dṛśyate'dyāpi pratyayo hyavanīpate

Translation

اسی طرح شُول بھید کے دیدار ہی سے گناہ مٹ جاتے ہیں۔ آج بھی، اے زمین کے مالک، اس کی دلیل براہِ راست دکھائی دیتی ہے—تجربے میں واضح۔

Word by Word

• tathā: thus / likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb 'thus/so')

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• naśyanti: perish / are destroyed
• naśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• śūla-bhedasya: of the Śūlabheda (trident-piercing)
• śūla-bhedasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (Singular); समासः: śūla-bheda = 'piercing/splitting by the trident'

• darśanāt: from seeing / by the sight
• darśanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम् (Singular); हेतुः (cause)

• pratyakṣaḥ: direct / evident
• pratyakṣaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier) प्रत्ययः

• dṛśyate: is seen
• dṛśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Passive), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• adyāpi: even today / still now
• adyāpi: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• pratyayaḥ: proof / sign / evidence
• pratyayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (particle 'indeed/for')

• avanīpate: O king
• avanīpate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avanīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (addressing a king: ‘avanīpate’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Avanīpati / king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage points toward a sacred liṅga/spot called Śūlabheda; the liṅga radiates; pilgrims approach and, upon seeing, appear relieved and purified; the scene stresses ‘visible proof’.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlabheda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not merely symbolic—darśana of a powerful tīrtha is presented as a direct means of moral and spiritual purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing/visiting) of the tīrtha is itself the stated practice.