Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्वदुःखवि नाशनम् । मन्नाम्ना ख्यातिमायातु प्रेततीर्थमिति प्रभो

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvaduḥkhavi nāśanam | mannāmnā khyātimāyātu pretatīrthamiti prabho

Translation

„O Herr, möge es durch meinen Namen als ‘Pretatīrtha’ berühmt werden — ein Tīrtha, das alle Sünden besänftigt und jedes Leid vernichtet.“

Word by Word

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: removal of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्)

• सर्वदुःखविनाशनम्: destruction of all sorrows
• सर्वदुःखविनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + दुःख + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां दुःखानां विनाशनम्)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘मम’ अर्थे (my)

• नाम्ना: by (my) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भावे (by/through the name)

• ख्यातिम्: fame, renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आयातु: may it come/attain
• आयातु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रेततीर्थम्: the Preta-tirtha (sacred ford)
• प्रेततीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (प्रेतानां तीर्थम् / प्रेत-सम्बन्धि तीर्थम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Paryuṣita

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pretatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-prayer scene: hands folded, requesting the site be famed as Pretatīrtha; the waters shimmer as if absorbing sorrow and dissolving dark stains of sin.

Characters & Entities

• Paryuṣita
• Pretatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s glory is defined by its power to relieve sin and suffering, making it a refuge for the distressed and spiritually burdened.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pretatīrtha, a sacred ford within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed for removing preta-affliction and sorrow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights the tīrtha’s promised fruits; the implied practice is tīrtha-sevā such as snāna and śrāddha described in adjacent verses.