Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

दर्शनं संप्रदास्यामि त्यज शोकं शुचिस्मिते । तामापृच्छ्य ततो गंगां पुनर्दर्शनमस्तु ते

Transliteration

darśanaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi tyaja śokaṃ śucismite | tāmāpṛcchya tato gaṃgāṃ punardarśanamastu te

Translation

میں یقیناً تمہیں اپنا درشن عطا کروں گی؛ اے پاکیزہ مسکراہٹ والی، غم چھوڑ دو۔ پھر گنگا سے رخصت لے کر، تمہیں دوبارہ دیدار نصیب ہو۔

Word by Word

• darśanam: a sight/vision (meeting)
• darśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• saṃpradāsyāmi: I shall grant
• saṃpradāsyāmi: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु √dā/दा with उपसर्ग sam-pra-)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; “सम्प्रदास्यामि” (I shall grant)

• tyaja: abandon
• tyaja: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु √tyaj/त्यज्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• śokam: grief
• śokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śuci-smite: O pure-smiling one
• śuci-smite: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक) + smita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—“शुचि च तत् स्मितं यस्याः” (O one with pure smile)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āpṛcchya: having taken leave (of), after asking
• āpṛcchya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āpṛcch (धातु √pṛcch/पृच्छ् with उपसर्ग ā-)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; “आपृच्छ्य” (having taken leave/asked)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequential marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ततो (then/from there)

• gaṅgām: Ganga
• gaṅgām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• darśanam: meeting/seeing
• darśanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriyā (Benedictive/optative command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु √as/अस्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; “अस्तु” (let it be)

• te: for you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sarasvatī (addressing a devotee; Gaṅgā is referenced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-darśana assurance)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā offers a blessing gesture (abhaya/varada), her face compassionate; the other goddess smiles through tears, reassured. The moment is a sacred leave-taking with a promise of reunion.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana is a divine gift that dispels sorrow; Purāṇic faith reframes separation as a promise of renewed encounter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative setting; Gaṅgā is invoked as a sacred river-presence within the tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes emotional purification (tyaja śokam) and reverent leave-taking (āpṛcchya).