Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

दर्शनादेव राजेन्द्र कृष्णतीर्थस्य मानवः । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

darśanādeva rājendra kṛṣṇatīrthasya mānavaḥ | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

اے راجندر، محض کرشن تیرتھ کے درشن سے ہی انسان تمام گناہوں سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے—اس میں کسی بحث یا شک کی ضرورت نہیں۔

Word by Word

• darśanāt: from (mere) seeing
• darśanāt: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान), एकवचनम् (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (indeclinable particle of emphasis)

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan + indra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—राजेन्द्रः (राज्ञामिन्द्रः) (Masculine, Vocative, Singular; karmadhāraya)

• kṛṣṇatīrthasya: of Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha
• kṛṣṇatīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—कृष्णतीर्थ (of the Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha) (Neuter, Genitive, Singular; tatpuruṣa)

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धा॒तु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Present indicative, 3rd person singular, passive)

• sarvapāpebhyaḥ: from all sins
• sarvapāpebhyaḥ: Apādāna (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pāpa (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान), बहुवचनम्; समासः—सर्वपाप (all sins) (Neuter, Ablative, Plural; karmadhāraya)

• na: not
• na: Negation (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निषेध-निपातः (negative particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (indeclinable adverb: here/in this matter)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम् (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; predicate adjective)

• vicāraṇā: consideration/deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the edge of Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha, eyes fixed on the sacred waters; a radiant aura rises from the tīrtha; the king is addressed as witness to the proclamation of immediate purification.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography matters: a tīrtha’s sanctity is so celebrated that even darśana (holy visitation) is declared transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent visitation/seeing) of the tīrtha is itself stated as the efficacious act.