Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पातितो यत्प्रदेशे तु तेन ज्वालेश्वरः स्मृतः । तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

pātito yatpradeśe tu tena jvāleśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Weil er in eben jener Gegend niederfiel, wird er als Jvāleśvara in Erinnerung gehalten. O Göttin, schon durch bloßes Schauen wird der Mensch von allen Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• pātitaḥ: (he/it) fallen/caused to fall
• pātitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātita (कृदन्त; √pat (धातु) caus./pass.)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) — ‘caused to fall/struck down’

• yat: in which
• yat: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक ‘in which’

• pradeśe: in the place/region
• pradeśe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• tena: by that/therefore
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• jvāleśvaraḥ: Lord of the Flame (Jvāleśvara)
• jvāleśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jvāla + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘jvālāyāḥ īśvaraḥ’)

• smṛtaḥ: is called/known as
• smṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) — ‘is called/remembered’ (passive sense)

• tam: him/that (one)
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛṣṭvā (कृदन्त; √dṛś (धातु))
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having seen’

• mānavaḥ: a human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• sarva-pātakaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pātakaiḥ: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे अपादान/हेतु-भावः; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (‘all sins’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jvāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees approach a glowing liṅga named Jvāleśvara; the aura suggests residual flame-tejas; a devotee’s posture conveys release and purification as the shrine’s radiance washes over them.

Characters & Entities

• Jvāleśvara
• Devī (addressee)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a sanctified liṅga is presented as a powerful purifier, dissolving accumulated pāpa through sacred contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jvāleśvara liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (visiting/seeing) is itself prescribed as efficacious; no additional rite is specified here.