Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

इदमुद्यापनं देवि सावित्र्यास्तु व्रतस्य च । सर्वपातकशुद्ध्यर्थं कार्यं देवि नरैः सदा । अकामतः कामतो वा पापं नश्यति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

idamudyāpanaṃ devi sāvitryāstu vratasya ca | sarvapātakaśuddhyarthaṃ kāryaṃ devi naraiḥ sadā | akāmataḥ kāmato vā pāpaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

O Devi, dies ist der abschließende Ritus (udyāpana) des Gelübdes der Sāvitrī. Zur Reinigung von allen Sünden soll er von den Menschen stets vollzogen werden, o Göttin. Ob ohne Wunsch oder mit Wunsch getan—die Sünde vergeht in eben diesem Augenblick.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उद्यापनम्: concluding rite (udyāpana)
• उद्यापनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सावित्र्याः: of Sāvitrī
• सावित्र्याः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• व्रतस्य: of the vow
• व्रतस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

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

• सर्वपातकशुद्ध्यर्थम्: for the purpose of purification from all sins
• सर्वपातकशुद्ध्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक-शुद्धि-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: सर्व + पातक + शुद्धि + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the purpose of)

• कार्यम्: should be done
• कार्यम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तव्यता-वाचक कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (to be done)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• नरैः: by men
• नरैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्तृकरणभावे (by men)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• अकामतः: unwillingly/without desire
• अकामतः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अकामतस् (अव्यय; प्रातिपदिक-आधारित तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘अकाम’ + तस्; प्रकारवाचक (whether unwillingly)

• कामतः: willingly/with desire
• कामतः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कामतस् (अव्यय; तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय: ‘काम’ + तस्; प्रकारवाचक (willingly)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately/from that moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apādāna (Point of separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-क्षण (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: तत् + क्षण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; काल-अपादान (from that very moment)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; addressing a Devi within the narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrīsthālaka (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes Sāvitrī-vrata udyāpana at a sanctified spot in Prabhāsa: offerings arranged, a small altar, fruits and lamps, with the sea-breeze and pilgrims nearby; the Goddess invoked as witness to instant purification.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sāvitrī
• Vrata
• Udyāpana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Completing a vow properly (udyāpana) carries great purificatory power and seals the spiritual intent of the vrata.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, linking vrata practice to the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the udyāpana (concluding rite) of the Sāvitrī-vrata regularly; it is said to cleanse all sins instantly.