Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

मुच्यते सकलात्पापादाजन्ममरणांतिकात् । तत्र शुक्लचतुर्द्दश्यां मासि भाद्रपदे प्रिये

Transliteration

mucyate sakalātpāpādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt | tatra śuklacaturddaśyāṃ māsi bhādrapade priye

Translation

يُعتَق المرء من جميع الآثام، حتى تلك التي تمتدّ إلى غاية الميلاد والموت. وهناك، يا حبيبة، في اليوم القمري الرابع عشر من النصف المضيء (شُكلا چَتُردَشي) من شهر بهادرابادا—

Word by Word

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• sakalāt: from all
• sakalāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (pāpāt with ellipsis)

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• ā-janma-maraṇa-antikāt: from (sins) up to the end of birth and death
• ā-janma-maraṇa-antikāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā (उपसर्ग) + janma (प्रातिपदिक) + maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (ā + antika = up to/including) with द्वन्द्व-आधार (janma-maraṇa)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• śukla-caturdaśyām: on the bright fortnight’s fourteenth (tithi)
• śukla-caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (śuklā caturdaśī)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• bhādrapade: of Bhādrapada
• bhādrapade: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhādrapada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• priye: O beloved (dear one)
• priye: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; सम्बोधन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (explicitly in adhyāya 77; consistent narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakulīśvara (twin-liṅga darśana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-marked sacred night approaching: pilgrims arrive at Lakulīśvara, carrying lamps and offerings; the twin liṅgas are central, with an aura suggesting the cutting of karmic bonds and the quieting of saṁsāra.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Śukla Caturdaśī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
• Devī (listener implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) combined with sacred place amplifies puṇya and destroys pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Lakulīśvara twin-liṅga site within Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context continued from the previous verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance focused on Bhādrapada śukla caturdaśī is introduced here (details continue in the following verses).