Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

नश्यते नात्र संदेहो राजद्वारकृतं च यत् । सर्वकामसमृद्धात्मा सूर्यलोके महीयते

Transliteration

naśyate nātra saṃdeho rājadvārakṛtaṃ ca yat | sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā sūryaloke mahīyate

Translation

Hier besteht kein Zweifel: Selbst das am Königstor begangene Vergehen wird vernichtet. Wessen Inneres mit allen ersehnten Vollkommenheiten erfüllt ist, wird in der Welt Sūryas geehrt.

Word by Word

• naśyate: perishes/is destroyed
• naśyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (नश्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• rāja-dvāra-kṛtam: done at the royal gate
• rāja-dvāra-kṛtam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāja (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ (कृ) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध): 'राजद्वारे कृतम्' (done at the king's gate)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative)

• sarva-kāma-samṛddha-ātmā: one whose self is enriched with all desires (fulfilled)
• sarva-kāma-samṛddha-ātmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + samṛddha (कृदन्त; √ṛdh (ऋध्) सम् + क्त) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: 'सर्वकामैः समृद्धः आत्मा यस्य सः'

• sūrya-loke: in the world of the Sun
• sūrya-loke: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'सूर्यस्य लोकः'

• mahīyate: is honored/glorified
• mahīyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (मह्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is honored)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before the radiant sacred precinct; a symbolic ‘king’s gate’ behind him dissolves into light as dark stains of wrongdoing vanish; above, Sūrya-loka is depicted as a golden realm where the purified devotee is honored.

Characters & Entities

• Sūryaloka
• Rājadvāra (king’s gate/court)
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred power of the māhātmya purifies grave social/civic wrongs and elevates the devotee toward Sūrya’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arkasthala in Prabhāsakṣetra, whose glorification is linked with pāpa-kṣaya and Sūryaloka honor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified; it continues the phalaśruti connected to praising/hearing the māhātmya.