Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दर्शनात्तस्य देवस्य सप्तजन्मान्तरोद्भवम् । पापं प्रणाशमायाति सत्यंसत्यं वरानने

Transliteration

darśanāttasya devasya saptajanmāntarodbhavam | pāpaṃ praṇāśamāyāti satyaṃsatyaṃ varānane

Translation

اس رب کے محض دیدار سے سات پے در پے جنموں سے اُٹھا ہوا پاپ فنا ہو جاتا ہے—یہ سچ ہے، بالکل سچ، اے خوش رُو!

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from seeing (by the sight)
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्तजन्मान्तरउद्भवम्: arisen across seven births
• सप्तजन्मान्तरउद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘पापम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रणाशम्: destruction
• प्रणाशम्: Gati-Karma (Result/Goal as object/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आयाति: comes/attains
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √या (गत्यर्थे)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् नपुंसक-एकवचनरूपेण; वाक्ये निश्चयार्थक-उद्गार (assertive: ‘truly’)

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति; निश्चयार्थक (repetition for emphasis)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pratyūṣeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (or a group) stands before the Pratyūṣeśvara liṅga; a subtle visual metaphor shows dark smoke (sins of seven births) dissolving into light as the gaze meets the deity; Śiva affirms ‘satyaṃ satyaṃ’ to Pārvatī.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahādevī
• Pratyūṣeśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva at a revered tīrtha carries transformative merit, purifying karmic residue accumulated over many lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the darśana of its deity (Pratyūṣeśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana (visiting and beholding the deity); no additional vow, dāna, or snāna is specified in this verse.