Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यस्याः सीमां प्रविष्टस्य ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकम् । नश्यते दर्शनादेव तां पुरीं को न सेवते

Transliteration

yasyāḥ sīmāṃ praviṣṭasya brahmahatyādipātakam | naśyate darśanādeva tāṃ purīṃ ko na sevate

Translation

Ai chỉ cần bước vào đến cả ranh giới của thành ấy, thì những trọng tội bắt đầu từ tội sát hại Bà-la-môn (brahma-hatyā) cũng tiêu tan chỉ bởi một lần chiêm ngưỡng—vậy ai lại không tìm đến và tôn kính thành ấy?

Word by Word

• yasyāḥ: of which (city)
• yasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sīmām: boundary
• sīmām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• praviṣṭasya: of one who has entered
• praviṣṭasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active sense in genitive), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; 'having entered'

• brahmahatyā-ādi-pātakam: sin such as brahmahatyā (killing a Brahmin)
• brahmahatyā-ādi-pātakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmahatyā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समाहार/निर्देश-तत्पुरुषः ('brahmahatyā-ādi' qualifying pātakam)

• naśyate: perishes / is destroyed
• naśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• darśanāt: from (mere) seeing
• darśanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (cause/source)

• eva: just / alone
• eva: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (restrictive particle: 'only/just')

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

• purīm: city
• purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kaḥ: who
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• sevate: serves / resorts to
• sevate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim crosses the boundary-marker of Dvārakā; a wave of divine light signifies sins dissolving, while the city’s gates and temple spires stand ahead, inviting service.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• brahmahatyā
• darśana
• pātaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic kṣetra is presented as a powerful field of purification where sincere approach and darśana dissolve even heavy karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, whose very boundary-entry and sight are said to purify.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage (entering the sīmā) and darśana are emphasized as the key acts; no separate vow or donation is specified.