Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

सद्यः पापविशुद्धिः स्याद्यथा गोकर्णदर्शनात् । अपि पापशतं कृत्वा ब्रह्म हत्यादि मानवः

Transliteration

sadyaḥ pāpaviśuddhiḥ syādyathā gokarṇadarśanāt | api pāpaśataṃ kṛtvā brahma hatyādi mānavaḥ

Translation

گوکرن کے محض درشن سے فوراً گناہوں کی پاکیزگی حاصل ہوتی ہے؛ اگرچہ انسان نے سینکڑوں گناہ کیے ہوں—برہماہتیا وغیرہ بھی—وہ بھی (وہاں) دھل جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable temporal adverb; 'immediately')

• पापविशुद्धिः: purification from sin
• पापविशुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

• स्यात्: would be / may occur
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (optative, 3rd person singular)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (indeclinable; 'as')

• गोकर्णदर्शनात्: from seeing Gokarṇa
• गोकर्णदर्शनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (neuter, ablative singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Emphasis (अवधारण/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (indeclinable; 'even/also')

• पापशतम्: a hundred sins
• पापशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• कृत्वा: having done/committed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (gerund/absolutive; 'having done')

• ब्रह्महत्यादि: Brahmin-slaying and the like
• ब्रह्महत्यादि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'आदि'समासान्त (neuter, accusative singular; 'etc.' compound)

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice not identifiable from the isolated verse; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A burdened sinner arrives at Gokarṇa; upon seeing the kṣetra, dark stains dissolve into light; Śiva’s compassionate presence is felt as a cleansing wave.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa
• Brahmahatyā (sin category)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and darśana at a supremely holy Śaiva site are depicted as capable of rapid moral-spiritual renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa, specifically through its darśana (sacred sight/visit).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—visiting and beholding the sacred place (and implicitly its deity/linga).