Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्योगे नरो दृष्ट्वा प्रभासे बालरूपिणम् । पापकोटियुतो वाऽपि यमलोकं न पश्यति

Transliteration

tasminyoge naro dṛṣṭvā prabhāse bālarūpiṇam | pāpakoṭiyuto vā'pi yamalokaṃ na paśyati

Translation

في ذلك اليوغا بعينه، من رأى في برابهاسا الربَّ ذا هيئة الطفل—ولو كان مثقلاً بكروراتٍ من الذنوب—لا يرى عالم يَما.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• योगे: (in that) conjunction/time
• योगे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having seen’

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• बालरूपिणम्: the one in child-form
• बालरूपिणम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पापकोटियुतः: even if burdened with crores of sins
• पापकोटियुतः: विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘नरः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + कोटि + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘पापानां कोटिभिः युतः’ = endowed with crores of sins

• वा: or/even
• वा: समुच्चय/विकल्प (Disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात

• अपि: even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अप्यर्थक-निपात (even/also)

• यमलोकम्: Yama’s world (hell)
• यमलोकम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘यमस्य लोकः’

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (darśana of Bāla-rūpa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Umā/Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim within the luminous Prabhāsa-kṣetra beholds the Lord manifested in a child-form; Yama’s dark realm recedes, replaced by a radiant coastal tīrtha aura and protective divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Bālarūpī (Hari)
• Yama
• Yamaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere darśana at a sacred place and time is portrayed as powerfully purificatory, overriding immense accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where seeing Bālarūpī Hari is said to free one from Yama’s realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Take darśana of Bālarūpī Hari at Prabhāsa specifically during the stated yoga.