Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः पदं निर्वाण माप्नुयात् । एष दृष्ट्वा तु ते सूतो हर्तुं तोये प्रविष्टवान्

Transliteration

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ padaṃ nirvāṇa māpnuyāt | eṣa dṛṣṭvā tu te sūto hartuṃ toye praviṣṭavān

Translation

„…wird von allen Sünden frei und erlangt den Zustand des Nirvāṇa. Und dein Wagenlenker ist, nachdem er ihn erblickt hatte, ins Wasser gegangen, um den Lotos an sich zu nehmen.“

Word by Word

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच् धातोः वि-नि-उपसर्गेण क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (‘सर्वेभ्यः पापेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः’ = freed from all sins)

• पदम्: state, abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• निर्वाणम्: nirvāṇa, liberation
• निर्वाणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘पदम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणवत्

• आप्नुयात्: may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एषः: this (person)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एषद्/एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सूतः: charioteer
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• हर्तुम्: to take away, to fetch
• हर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive)

• तोये: in the water
• तोये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• प्रविष्टवान्: entered
• प्रविष्टवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (Perfect participle, active), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (lotus-bearing kund)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Pārthiva/Rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The charioteer, captivated by the miraculous lotus, steps into the sacred water to seize it; the water glows as if granting instant purification and release.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Sūta (charioteer)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True liberation is granted by reverent contact with the sacred, while possessiveness toward holy symbols leads to trouble.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The waters associated with the Brahmapadma/Brahmodbhava lotus in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering/immersing in the sacred water after darśana is presented as a sin-destroying, liberating act.