Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सुवर्णं तत्र देयं तु अजिनं कंबलं तथा । मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैः सप्तजन्मकृतैरपि

Transliteration

suvarṇaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu ajinaṃ kaṃbalaṃ tathā | mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ saptajanmakṛtairapi

Translation

Dort soll man Gold geben, ebenso ein Hirschfell und eine Decke. Dadurch wird man von allen Sünden befreit, selbst von denen, die in sieben Geburten begangen wurden.

Word by Word

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• देयम्: to be given / should be given
• देयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (यत्) ‘देय’ = ‘to be given’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrast particle)

• अजिनम्: deerskin
• अजिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कम्बलम्: blanket
• कम्बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: also / likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (also/likewise)

• मुच्यते: is freed / is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• पातकैः: by sins / from sins
• पातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पातकैः)

• सप्तजन्मकृतैः: done over seven births
• सप्तजन्मकृतैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त-जन्म-कृत (प्रातिपदिक); सप्त (संख्या) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तजन्मसु कृताः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पातकैः)

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even/also)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) to Devī (deduced from surrounding dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Ṛṣitoyā context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor offers gold, deer-skin, and blanket at Prabhāsa; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into light around the donor, symbolizing release from seven-birth karmas; temple and sea breeze in background.

Characters & Entities

• dāna (charity)
• pātaka (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma elevates tīrtha-dāna as a powerful means of purification, extending even to karmic burdens from past births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Ṛṣitoyā-nadī māhātmya portion of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform dāna—especially gold, deer-skin, and a blanket—at the sacred locale to obtain pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sins).