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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अगस्त्यस्याऽश्रमे रम्ये नृणां पापभयापहे । तत्र गंगेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा अभक्ष्योद्भवपातकात् । मुच्यते नात्र संदेहः स्नानदानजपादिना

Transliteration

agastyasyā'śrame ramye nṛṇāṃ pāpabhayāpahe | tatra gaṃgeśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā abhakṣyodbhavapātakāt | mucyate nātra saṃdehaḥ snānadānajapādinā

Translation

Im lieblichen Āśrama des Agastya, der den Menschen die Furcht vor Sünde nimmt, wird man durch das Schauen Gaṅgeśvaras von den aus verbotener Speise entstandenen Sünden befreit; daran besteht kein Zweifel—zumal durch heiliges Bad, Almosen, Japa und dergleichen.

Word by Word
अगस्त्यस्यof Agastya
अगस्त्यस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन
आश्रमेin the hermitage
आश्रमे:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
रम्येpleasant/beautiful
रम्ये:
Adhikarana qualifier
TypeAdjective
Rootरम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (आश्रमे)
नृणाम्of men/people
नृणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
पाप-भय-अपहेremoving fear of sin
पाप-भय-अपहे:
Adhikarana qualifier (of आश्रम)
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप + भय + अपह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—पापभयम् अपहन्ति इति/अपहः (remover of fear of sin)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय
गंगेश्वरम्Gangeśvara
गंगेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object of seeing/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formअव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा/gerund), ‘having seen’
अभक्ष्य-उद्भव-पातकात्from the sin arising from eating what is forbidden
अभक्ष्य-उद्भव-पातकात्:
Apadana (Source/अपा दान)
TypeNoun
Rootअभक्ष्य + उद्भव + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—अभक्ष्यात् उद्भवम् पातकम् (sin arising from forbidden food)
मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे—‘is released’
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
अत्रhere/in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय
संदेहःdoubt
संदेहः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसंदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन
स्नान-दान-जप-आदिनाby (acts) such as bathing, charity, and recitation
स्नान-दान-जप-आदिना:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान + दान + जप + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—स्नानं दानं जपश्च (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व) + आदि; ‘by means such as bathing, giving, recitation’
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgeśvara at Agastya-āśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene hermitage-temple setting: Agastya’s āśrama with a Śiva-liṅga named Gaṅgeśvara; pilgrims approach after bathing, offering water, bilva leaves, and gifts; the atmosphere emphasizes release from guilt and fear.

Characters & Entities
A
Agastya
G
Gaṅgeśvara
G
Gaṅgā (implied by Gaṅgeśvara context)

FAQs

Pilgrimage and devotion, joined with ethical repair through rites, can cleanse even serious transgressions.

Gaṅgeśvara at Agastya’s āśrama in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

Snāna (bathing), dāna (charity), and japa (recitation) are recommended alongside darśana of Gaṅgeśvara.

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