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

In eben diesem Yoga wird der Mensch, der in Prabhāsa den Herrn in kindlicher Gestalt erblickt—selbst wenn er mit Kroren von Sünden beladen ist—das Reich Yamas nicht schauen.

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.