Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

समाराधय देवेशं सर्वपापविशुद्धये । इत्युक्तो नारदस्तत्र संतप्य च मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

samārādhaya deveśaṃ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye | ityukto nāradastatra saṃtapya ca muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

„Verehre den Herrn der Götter (Deveśa) zur Läuterung von allen Sünden.“ So belehrt, grämte sich Nārada dort immer wieder.

Word by Word

• सम्: fully
• सम्: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गः; ‘आराधय’ इत्यनेन सह

• आ: towards
• आ: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गः; ‘आराधय’ इत्यनेन सह

• आराधय: worship, propitiate
• आराधय: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गद्वययुक्त (सम्+आ+राध्)

• देवेशम्: the Lord of gods
• देवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः)

• सर्वपापविशुद्धये: for purification from all sins
• सर्वपापविशुद्धये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां विशुद्धिः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-marker (Quotation/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिवाचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्तः: having been told
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘having been told’

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संतप्य: having grieved
• संतप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+तप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having grieved/being distressed’; उपसर्गः—सम्

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

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time/frequency)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (reduplication) for emphasis

Speaker

Brahmā (instruction); narrator continues about Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā instructs: ‘Worship the Lord of gods for purification of all sins.’ Nārada, struck with remorse, repeatedly laments, head bowed, hands trembling near the vīṇā he set aside.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Nārada
• Deveśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is achieved through sincere repentance and focused worship of Śiva as the purifier of all sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is situated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative, where Śiva-worship is especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upāsanā/ārādhana of Deveśa (Śiva) specifically aimed at sarva-pāpa-viśuddhi.