Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

कृपाविष्टाः सहास्माभिः सञ्जातेऽपि सुदर्शने । मुनीनां यतचित्तानां दर्शनाद्धि शुभं भवेत्

Transliteration

kṛpāviṣṭāḥ sahāsmābhiḥ sañjāte'pi sudarśane | munīnāṃ yatacittānāṃ darśanāddhi śubhaṃ bhavet

Translation

Vì lòng từ bi, dẫu các ngươi đã đến trong tầm nhìn tốt lành của chúng ta, chỉ riêng việc được thấy các bậc Muni có tâm điều phục cũng thật sự đem lại điềm lành.

Word by Word

• कृपाविष्टाः: filled with compassion
• कृपाविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; आ+विश् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कृपया आविष्टाः = possessed by compassion)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (with)

• अस्माभिः: with us
• अस्माभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सञ्जाते: when (it) has arisen
• सञ्जाते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+जन् (धातु) → सञ्जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘sanjāta’—locative absolute sense ‘when/though (it is) arisen’

• अपि: even/though
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (even/though)

• सुदर्शने: in/at the auspicious sight (meeting)
• सुदर्शने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सु+दर्शन = good sight/auspicious vision)

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• यतचित्तानाम्: of the restrained-minded
• यतचित्तानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; यम् धातु) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (यतं चित्तं येषाम् = whose minds are restrained)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing/at the sight
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु निपात

• शुभम्: good/auspiciousness
• शुभम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: may be/comes to be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Munidarśana (conceptual tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the sinner who has come into their sight

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sages’ faces soften with compassion; the sinner stands within their ‘good sight’ (sudarśana), as if bathed in a gentle radiance; the atmosphere turns auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Munis (sages)
• Darśana (holy audience/vision)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy association (darśana of disciplined sages) itself generates auspiciousness and can turn one toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the sanctifying power of meeting sages within a tīrtha context, but does not name a particular site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the implied practice is sat-saṅga—seeking the company and darśana of holy persons.