Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

पश्यंति ये नराः सम्यक्तेऽपि पापविवर्जिताः । अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य प्राप्नुवंति फलं ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

paśyaṃti ye narāḥ samyakte'pi pāpavivarjitāḥ | aśvamedhasahasrasya prāpnuvaṃti phalaṃ dhruvam

Translation

Những ai chiêm bái dấu ấy đúng pháp thì dù từng mang tội cũng được lìa tội. Họ chắc chắn đạt phước quả của một ngàn lễ tế Aśvamedha.

Word by Word

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present Indicative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), निपात (Particle)

• पापविवर्जिताः: free from sin
• पापविवर्जिताः: Visheshana (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त; वि+वृज्/वर्ज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापेन विवर्जिताः), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य: of a thousand Aśvamedha sacrifices
• अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अश्वमेधानां सहस्रम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्नुवन्ति: they obtain
• प्राप्नुवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present Indicative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ध्रुवम्: certain, assured
• ध्रुवम्: Visheshana (Adjective of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Meru-dakṣiṇa-pāda-nakha (darśana-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims stand before the sacred ‘nail’ marker with folded hands; a subtle aura surrounds the stone; in the sky, symbolic imagery of a thousand Aśvamedha horses appears as a visionary motif, indicating the promised merit.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent darśana at a sanctified spot can surpass grand Vedic rites, stressing accessible pilgrimage-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The previously indicated sacred landmark near Śambhu’s temple in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—‘seeing properly’ (samyak) with reverence—presented as the key religious act yielding vast merit.