Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्क्षणादेव तत्सर्वं सप्तजन्मार्जितं त्वघम् । नश्यते देवदेवस्य दर्शनादेव तन्नृप

Transliteration

tatkṣaṇādeva tatsarvaṃ saptajanmārjitaṃ tvagham | naśyate devadevasya darśanādeva tannṛpa

Translation

Ngay trong khoảnh khắc ấy, hỡi Đại vương, mọi tội lỗi tích tụ qua bảy đời đều tiêu tan chỉ nhờ được darśana—chiêm bái Thần của các thần.

Word by Word

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately (from that moment)
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Locative sense via Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्क्षण (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + क्षण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘तत्क्षणात्’ = ‘तत्क्षणे’ इत्यर्थे (immediately)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/निश्चयार्थक (emphasis)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• सप्तजन्मार्जितम्: earned over seven births
• सप्तजन्मार्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त-जन्म-अर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त + जन्म + अर्जित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अर्जित’ = कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle) धातु: √अर्ज् (अर्जने)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• अघम्: sin
• अघम्: Karta (Appositional subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य अपपद/समनाधिकरणम् (apposition)

• नश्यते: is destroyed/perishes
• नश्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नाशे)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव (प्रातिपदिक; देव + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from/through the sight (darśana)
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधानार्थक

• तत्: O that (i.e., O)
• तत्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘नृप’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (addressing a king, likely Yudhiṣṭhira by context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-maṇḍala (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as nṛpa/king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage proclaims that merely beholding Devadeva at the Revā tīrtha dissolves seven-birth sins instantly; the deity’s presence radiates, while the river flows nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-deva (Śiva)
• darśana
• king (nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional encounter (darśana) with Śiva at a sacred site is portrayed as an immediate purifier surpassing long accumulations of karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

By Adhyāya 220 context, Loṭaṇeśvara on the northern Narmadā bank.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing/meeting) of the deity is the stated means; no separate dāna/snānā is named here.