Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

शक्रेश्वरं नृपश्रेष्ठ ये प्रपश्यन्ति भक्तितः । तेषां जन्मकृतं पापं नश्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

śakreśvaraṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha ye prapaśyanti bhaktitaḥ | teṣāṃ janmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

اے بہترین بادشاہ! جو لوگ بھکتی سے شکر یشور کے درشن کرتے ہیں، اُن کے جنموں کے جمع شدہ گناہ مٹ جاتے ہیں؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• śakra-īśvaram: Śakreśvara (Lord Śiva as Śakra’s Lord)
• śakra-īśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; शक्र + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'Śakreśvara' (object of seeing)

• nṛpa-śreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpa-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa-śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक; नृप + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन — संबोधन

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — relative pronoun

• prapaśyanti: see/behold
• prapaśyanti: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√paś (धातु; प्र + पश्य्/दृश्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhaktitaḥ: devoutly
• bhaktitaḥ: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) — 'out of devotion/with devotion'

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of them'

• janma-kṛtam: committed in (one’s) birth
• janma-kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: janma-kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; जन्म + कृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन — 'done in (this) birth' (qualifying pāpam)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — subject of naśyate

• naśyate: perishes/is destroyed
• naśyate: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु; नश्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध/negation particle

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of place

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly pilgrim and attendants behold the Śakreśvara liṅga with folded hands; a subtle Indra/Śakra emblem (vajra) appears in iconographic hints; sanctum lamps glow.

Characters & Entities

• Śakreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional darśana of a sacred Śiva-liṅga is presented as a powerful purifier that burns away long-standing karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śakreśvara, a Śiva-tīrtha of the Revā (Narmadā) region within the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse emphasizes bhakti-filled darśana (reverent viewing/visiting) as the key practice.