Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा महादेवि यदि पापसहस्रकम् । कृतं सोऽत्र समायाति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

tatra snātvā mahādevi yadi pāpasahasrakam | kṛtaṃ so'tra samāyāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

O große Göttin, wer dort badet, selbst wenn er tausend Sünden begangen hat, gelangt sogleich an Ort und Stelle zur Läuterung; daran ist nicht zu zweifeln und nichts weiter zu erwägen.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (adverb: there)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु) + tvā (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तवाचक (conditional conjunction: if)

• pāpasahasrakam: a thousand sins
• pāpasahasrakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa-sahasra-ka (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of kṛtam)

• kṛtam: committed
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done/committed’ (agreeing with pāpasahasrakam)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (here)

• samāyāti: comes/attains (purification)
• samāyāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (not)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (here)

• kāryā: necessary
• kāryā: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (to be done/necessary)

• vicāraṇā: consideration/inquiry
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (as predicate-noun with kāryā)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (addressing Mahādevī; likely Śiva or a narrator in dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrodaka

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent pilgrim steps into the moonlit waters; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into light around him while priests chant and offer water to Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā is presented as an immediate purifier, emphasizing grace and the extraordinary sanctity of Prabhāsa’s holy waters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrtha being discussed in this adhyāya, associated with Candratīrtha/Candrodaka and Indreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is explicitly recommended as the purifier of accumulated sin.