Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

एवं मुक्तः स पापौघै रामोऽभूत्प्रथितः प्रिये । तस्य लिंगस्य माहात्म्यात्सरस्वत्याः प्रसादतः

Transliteration

evaṃ muktaḥ sa pāpaughai rāmo'bhūtprathitaḥ priye | tasya liṃgasya māhātmyātsarasvatyāḥ prasādataḥ

Translation

So wurde Rāma, von Fluten der Sünde befreit, berühmt, o Geliebte — durch die Größe jenes Liṅga und durch die gnädige Gunst der Sarasvatī.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pāpa-oghaiḥ: by/from floods of sins
• pāpa-oghaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (पापानाम् ओघाः)

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prathitaḥ: renowned
• prathitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prath (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण

• priye: O beloved (lady)
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• liṅgasya: of the liṅga
• liṅgasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• māhātmyāt: due to the greatness
• māhātmyāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause)

• sarasvatyāḥ: of Sarasvatī
• sarasvatyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• prasādataḥ: from grace/favor
• prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara-liṅga at Prabhāsa; Sarasvatī-tīrtha influence

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands purified, radiant and calm, near a revered liṅga; a subtle personified Sarasvatī (white-clad, vīṇā-bearing) bestows blessing, indicating that his fame and cleansing arise from both liṅga greatness and her favor.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sarasvatī
• Liṅga (Rāmeśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace and sacred-site worship can dissolve accumulated sin and bestow lasting spiritual renown.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara Liṅga within Prabhāsakṣetra, associated with Sarasvatī’s blessing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, devotion to the Liṅga (liṅga-sevā/pūjā) and reliance on divine prasāda (grace).