Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा देवदेवेशं स्पृष्ट्वा च सुसमाहितः । मुच्यते सकलात्पापादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśaṃ spṛṣṭvā ca susamāhitaḥ | mucyate sakalātpāpādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt

Translation

Khi được chiêm bái Đấng Chúa tể của chư thiên và, với tâm định tĩnh chuyên nhất, chạm đến Ngài, người ấy được giải thoát khỏi mọi tội lỗi—những tội bám theo từ lúc sinh ra cho đến tận cùng đời sống.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• देवदेवेशम्: Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); तम् इति सर्वनामस्य विशेष्य (appositional)

• स्पृष्ट्वा: having touched
• स्पृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सुसमाहितः: well-composed, fully concentrated
• सुसमाहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + सम् + आ + धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुच्यते: is released/freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सकलात्: from all
• सकलात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying) पापात्

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आ: up to/until
• आ: Sambandha (Limit marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थे/अवधि-वाचक (up to, until)

• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: from the vicinity/limit of birth and death (i.e., from the cycle up to birth and death)
• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + मरण + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context continuing into 95.1: “īśvara uvāca” and the didactic tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands beholds the liṅga and gently touches it (or the pedestal) in deep concentration; a subtle aura indicates sins falling away like dark smoke.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeveśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere darśana (seeing) and sparśana (reverent touch) of Śiva, done with inner concentration, is portrayed as a direct means to the destruction of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), a major Śaiva pilgrimage geography celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a full ritual, but the core practice is stated: see the Lord and touch (or worship) with a composed, focused mind.