Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अथाऽभूत्पापनिर्मुक्तस्तत्क्षणात्तस्य दर्शनात् । तेजसा च समायुक्तः पुनः प्राप त्रिविष्टपम्

Transliteration

athā'bhūtpāpanirmuktastatkṣaṇāttasya darśanāt | tejasā ca samāyuktaḥ punaḥ prāpa triviṣṭapam

Translation

اُن کے محض درشن سے اسی لمحے وہ پاپ سے مُکت ہو گیا؛ پھر تجلّی سے بھرپور ہو کر تری وِشٹپ (سورگ) کو لوٹ گیا۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रमसूचक

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापनिर्मुक्तः: freed from sin
• पापनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-निर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक: पाप + निर्मुक्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘निर्मुक्त’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पापात् निर्मुक्तः (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana/Time-source (from that moment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-क्षण (प्रातिपदिक: तत् + क्षण)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्समये (at that moment)

• तस्य: of him/of that (deity)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from (the act of) seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तेजसा: with radiance
• तेजसा: Sahakari/Instrument (means/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक

• समायुक्तः: endowed/connected
• समायुक्तः: Karta (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√युज् (धातु) → समायुक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्त/सम्पन्न’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• प्राप: attained
• प्राप: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिविष्टपम्: Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + विष्टप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोग (three-tiered heaven)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra stands before the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga; a burst of light returns to his body and crown; the underworld darkness recedes as he ascends back toward heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara (Śiva)
• Indra
• Triviṣṭapa (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva at a true tīrtha is portrayed as immediately transformative—sin falls away and divine radiance is restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara, whose darśana grants pāpa-nāśa (destruction of sin).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding the liṅga/deity) is the explicit efficacious act in this verse.