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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

विधिः प्राथमिकस्तस्माद्द्वितीये द्विगुणं चरेत् । तृतीये त्रिगुणं प्रोक्तं चतुर्थे नास्ति निष्कृतिः

Transliteration

vidhiḥ prāthamikastasmāddvitīye dviguṇaṃ caret | tṛtīye triguṇaṃ proktaṃ caturthe nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ

Translation

Darum gilt die ursprüngliche Vorschrift beim ersten Mal; beim zweiten soll man sie doppelt vollziehen, beim dritten — wie gesagt — dreifach. Beim vierten gibt es keine Sühne.

Word by Word
विधिःrule, procedure
विधिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
प्राथमिकःprimary, first
प्राथमिकः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāthamika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘vidhiḥ’)
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Reason)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-निपातवत्; अर्थे: “therefore/for that reason” (etym. ablative used adverbially)
द्वितीयेin the second (instance)
द्वितीये:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (in the second [case/instance])
द्विगुणम्twofold, double
द्विगुणम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (संख्या) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः: द्वौ गुणौ यस्य तत् (twofold)
चरेत्should perform/practise
चरेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootcar (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
तृतीयेin the third (instance)
तृतीये:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
त्रिगुणम्threefold, triple
त्रिगुणम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (संख्या) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः: त्रयो गुणाः यस्य तत् (threefold)
प्रोक्तम्is declared
प्रोक्तम्:
Kriya (Predicate complement)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + vac (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “said/declared”
चतुर्थेin the fourth (instance)
चतुर्थे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcaturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
अस्तिexists, is
अस्ति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
निष्कृतिःexpiation
निष्कृतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniṣkṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Unspecified (didactic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic four-panel sequence: a person commits a fault and performs expiation once, then twice, then thrice with increasing austerity; the fourth panel shows a closed gate or a stern dharma-guardian indicating ‘no release’.

FAQs

Repeated wrongdoing hardens guilt; dharma escalates remedy and finally withdraws ordinary expiation for habitual transgression.

The teaching sits within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, presenting moral discipline as part of the sacred landscape’s instruction.

A graded scale: first-time rule, second-time double, third-time triple, and no niṣkṛti on the fourth.

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