Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

बाल्ये च यत्कृतं पापं कौमारे यौवने तथा । दर्शनात्कृष्णदेवस्य तन्नश्येन्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

bālye ca yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kaumāre yauvane tathā | darśanātkṛṣṇadevasya tannaśyennātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

بچپن میں، کُمار اوستھا میں اور جوانی میں جو بھی پاپ کیا گیا ہو—صرف شری کرشن دیو کے درشن سے وہ مِٹ جاتا ہے؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• बाल्ये: in childhood
• बाल्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपातः — Indeclinable conjunction

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकं (यत्…तत्) — Neuter singular relative pronoun

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पापम्’ इति विशेषणम् — Past passive participle, neuter singular (done)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter singular (subject/object)

• कौमारे: in boyhood/adolescence
• कौमारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• यौवने: in youth
• यौवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम्/समुच्चयार्थे — Indeclinable (likewise/also)

• दर्शनात्: from/by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ — Neuter, Ablative singular (because of)

• कृष्णदेवस्य: of Lord Krishna
• कृष्णदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive singular

• तत्: that (sin)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पापम्’ इत्यस्य निर्देशः — Neuter singular demonstrative pronoun

• नश्येत्: would perish
• नश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम् — Optative, 3rd person singular

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपातः — Negation particle

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक — Indeclinable adverb (here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

Speaker

Unspecified (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-darśana in Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like tableau: a person at different ages (child, adolescent, youth) stands before the same sanctum; upon Kṛṣṇa’s darśana, dark stains representing sins dissolve into light, replaced by a calm, radiant aura around the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Lord is a powerful purifier that burns away accumulated wrongdoing from earlier stages of life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, implied as the locus of Kṛṣṇa-darśana in this māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seek darśana (reverent viewing) of Lord Kṛṣṇa as a purificatory act.