Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

प्रभासं च महातीर्थं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

prabhāsaṃ ca mahātīrthaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

প্রভাস মহাতীর্থ—যা সর্ব পাপের বিনাশকারী।

Word by Word

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa (holy place)
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

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

• महातीर्थम्: the great pilgrimage-place
• महातीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषणम् (qualifier) महातीर्थम्/प्रभासम् प्रति

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from immediate context; dialogue with Pārvatī begins shortly after)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant coastal kṣetra: Somnātha-like Śiva shrine near the sea, pilgrims bathing at dawn, a luminous aura labeled ‘Prabhāsa’, with the verse’s claim ‘sarva-pātaka-nāśana’ visually symbolized as dark stains dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Mahātīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is upheld as a supreme tīrtha whose darśana is framed as profoundly purificatory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa Mahātīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse emphasizes the inherent purifying power of the place.