Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैः शिवलोकं स गच्छति । सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं गंगासागरसंगमे

Transliteration

mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ śivalokaṃ sa gacchati | saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

Er wird von allen Sünden befreit und gelangt in Śivas Welt. So heißt es vom Zusammenfluss der Gaṅgā mit dem Ozean: die über sieben Geburten angesammelte Sünde…

Word by Word

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'is released'

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Ablative sense via instrumental/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन — 'by/from sins'

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन — 'all' (qualifying पातकैः)

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'शिवस्य लोकः'

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'he'

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'goes'

• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: done in seven births
• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त-जन्म-कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'सप्तसु जन्मसु कृतम्' (done in seven births)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — 'sin'

• गंगासागरसंगमे: at the Gaṅgā–ocean confluence
• गंगासागरसंगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गंगा-सागर-संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला: 'गंगायाः सागरस्य च संगमः' (confluence)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from section flow; verse continues comparison into next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (with comparative reference to Gaṅgā–Sāgara-saṅgama)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-scene: left shows Prabhāsa pilgrims emerging from sacred waters, radiant and purified, with a Śiva-loka vision above (Śiva’s luminous realm); right shows the Gaṅgā meeting the ocean at Gangāsāgara as a comparative emblem, with seven faint shadow-layers symbolizing ‘seven births’ dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-loka
• Gaṅgā
• Sāgara
• Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is framed as both moral purification (release from sins) and devotional destiny (attainment of Śiva-loka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is being praised, with a comparative reference to Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, tīrtha observance leading to purification; the explicit bathing detail is developed in the surrounding verses.