Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्दृष्टे महाराज नारी वा यदि वा नरः । सप्तजन्मांतराण्येव न दौर्भाग्यमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yasmindṛṣṭe mahārāja nārī vā yadi vā naraḥ | saptajanmāṃtarāṇyeva na daurbhāgyamavāpnuyāt

Translation

اے مہاراج، جس کے درشن سے—خواہ عورت ہو یا مرد—سات پے در پے جنموں تک بدبختی نہیں آتی۔

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in/at which (when it is)
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• दृष्टे: when (it is) seen
• दृष्टे: Kriya (Locative-absolute predicate/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी एकवचन नपुंसकलिङ्ग; लोके सप्तमी (locative absolute) with ‘यस्मिन्’

• महा-राज: O great king
• महा-राज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘महान् राजा’

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle ‘or’)

• यदि: if/when
• यदि: Sambandha (Clause marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional particle ‘if/when’)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सप्त-जन्म-अन्तराणि: (for) seven lifetimes
• सप्त-जन्म-अन्तराणि: Karma (Extent/कर्म-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative) ‘जन्मान्तराणि’ qualified by ‘सप्त’ (numeral)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• दौर्भाग्यम्: misfortune
• दौर्भाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौर्भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain/meet with
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-Śiva-darśana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahārāja (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims—women and men—stand before the Arbuda Śiva shrine/linga; a radiant aura suggests protection and the removal of misfortune extending across seven births.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Arbuda (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva at a sanctified sthala is proclaimed as a powerful source of protection and auspiciousness across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śiva established on Arbuda-parvata is praised; the place’s darśana is said to remove misfortune.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing/visitation) of the established Śiva at the sacred site is the implied practice.