Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

देवानां दर्शनं चापि पृथक्तेन प्रकीर्तितम् । न शक्यते फलं प्राप्तुं सर्वेषां केनचिन्मुने

Transliteration

devānāṃ darśanaṃ cāpi pṛthaktena prakīrtitam | na śakyate phalaṃ prāptuṃ sarveṣāṃ kenacinmune

Translation

دیوتاؤں کے درشن بھی ہر ایک کے لیے جدا جدا بیان کیے گئے ہیں؛ اس لیے، اے مُنی، کسی ایک کے لیے سب کے پھل حاصل کرنا ممکن نہیں۔

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• दर्शनम्: seeing; दर्शन
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• पृथक्तेन: separately; one by one
• पृथक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भाववाचक (in the manner of separateness)

• प्रकीर्तितम्: has been proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अस्ति इति अध्याहारः)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• शक्यते: is possible
• शक्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्तुम्: to obtain
• प्राप्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक (purpose)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all (of them)
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• केनचित्: by someone/anyone
• केनचित्: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अनिश्चित (indefinite: 'by someone/anyone')

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

King of Ānarta (continuing)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (addressed as ‘muni’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king looks concerned as the sage indicates many shrines—Śiva-liṅgas, Viṣṇu icons, Devī sanctums—each radiating different halos, suggesting separate darśana fruits and the impossibility of completing all.

Characters & Entities

• deva-darśana
• muni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text acknowledges human limitation and prepares for a teaching that gathers many merits into a single accessible practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse speaks generally of deity-visions and their individually taught merits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deva-darśana is referenced as a source of merit, but no particular temple-ritual is specified.