Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

दर्शनेनापि तस्यापि पापं याति सहस्रधा । विष्णुरूपो हि स प्रोक्तो नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

darśanenāpi tasyāpi pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā | viṣṇurūpo hi sa prokto nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

纵然仅以一瞥得见彼尊，罪业亦将千倍粉碎。因为他被宣说为毗湿奴（Viṣṇu）之真形；于此无须再作思量。

Word by Word

• दर्शनेन: by seeing, by the sight
• दर्शनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

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

• तस्य: of him/that (deity)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular)

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

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

• याति: goes away, departs
• याति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमानकाल/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• सहस्रधा: a thousandfold
• सहस्रधा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in a thousand ways/into a thousand parts)

• विष्णुरूपः: having the form of Viṣṇu
• विष्णुरूपः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular; qualifying सः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• प्रोक्तः: is declared
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (said/declared)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: here)

• कार्या: to be done, necessary
• कार्या: Pratipadyamāna (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular; predicative with विचारणा)

• विचारणा: consideration, deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक; √चर्/√चिन्त् sense ‘consideration’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (closing assertion of the immediate praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra (contextual; darśana of the presiding form)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before the presiding deity at Prabhāsa, hands folded; a radiant Viṣṇu-like aura emanates, while dark, fragmented forms symbolizing sins shatter and disperse into light.

Characters & Entities

• Darśana
• Pāṇḍaveśvara (implied)
• Viṣṇu (form-identification)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy darśana at an exalted shrine is itself transformative, and sectarian boundaries are softened through the Hari-Hara vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pāṇḍaveśvara shrine in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Saṃnihitī context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of the deity is presented as a merit-bearing act; no additional rite is required in this verse.