Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणांते यस्तस्य प्रणामं कुरुते नरः । नश्यंति सर्वपापानि प्रदक्षिणपदेपदे

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇāṃte yastasya praṇāmaṃ kurute naraḥ | naśyaṃti sarvapāpāni pradakṣiṇapadepade

Translation

Wer am Ende der pradakṣiṇā eine ehrfürchtige Verneigung (pranāma) vor Ihm darbringt, dessen Sünden vergehen alle; bei jedem Schritt dieser pradakṣiṇā werden die Sünden vernichtet.

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणा-अन्ते: at the end of the circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणा-अन्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रदक्षिणायाः अन्ते)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यः (relative pronoun)

• तस्य: of him/that (of that deity)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• प्रणामम्: salutation, bow
• प्रणामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

• नश्यन्ति: perish, are destroyed
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• सर्व-पापानि: all sins
• सर्व-पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• प्रदक्षिण-पदे-पदे: at every step of the circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिण-पदे-पदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; पदे पदे इति अव्ययप्रयोगः (locative repetition: ‘at every step’), समस्तपदम् अव्ययवत्

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (pradakṣiṇā-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims circumambulate a Śiva shrine; at the end of the circuit a devotee bows fully, hands extended; footprints along the path glow symbolically as sins fall away at each step.

Characters & Entities

• Pradakṣiṇā
• Praṇāma
• Acaleśvara (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble devotion expressed through pradakṣiṇā and praṇāma purifies the devotee, removing sin step by step.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Acaleśvara tīrtha, where circumambulation is declared especially purifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pradakṣiṇā and offer praṇāma at its completion (and the act is praised as purifying at every step).