Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

दर्शनादेव पापस्य क्षयो भवति भो द्विजाः । प्रणामे मनसस्तुष्टिर्मुक्तिश्चैवावगाहने

Transliteration

darśanādeva pāpasya kṣayo bhavati bho dvijāḥ | praṇāme manasastuṣṭirmuktiścaivāvagāhane

Translation

اے دِوِجوں! اس مقدّس دھام کے محض درشن سے ہی گناہوں کا زوال ہو جاتا ہے۔ پرنام کرنے سے من کو تسکین ملتی ہے، اور اس کے جل میں اوگاہن (غسل/غوطہ) سے خود موکش حاصل ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

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

• एव: just, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थ-निपात (emphasis)

• पापस्य: of sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• क्षयः: destruction, cessation
• क्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवति: happens, occurs
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (Address marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), बहुवचन

• प्रणामे: in (the act of) bowing
• प्रणामे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मनसः: of the mind
• मनसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तुष्टिः: satisfaction
• तुष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थ-निपात (emphasis)

• अवगाहने: in bathing/immersion
• अवगाहने: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवगाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Samudra-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas stand on Dvārakā’s ghāṭa as the Gomatī meets the sea; pilgrims first gaze upon the sacred waters, then bow with folded hands, then step into the water for full immersion; the atmosphere conveys cleansing and release.

Characters & Entities

• Darśana
• Praṇāma
• Avagāhana
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-mahima is graded: darśana purifies, praṇāma steadies the mind, and avagāhana (ritual immersion) is extolled as leading to mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya’s praised tīrtha: the Gomatī–Ocean confluence in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (visiting/seeing), praṇāma (salutation), and avagāhana (immersion/bathing).