Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यानि कानि च तीर्थानि प्रभासे संति भामिनि । तेभ्योऽतिवल्लभं तीर्थं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

yāni kāni ca tīrthāni prabhāse saṃti bhāmini | tebhyo'tivallabhaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

O strahlende Frau, welche Tīrthas es auch in Prabhāsa gibt — unter ihnen ist ein Tīrtha überaus geliebt, das alle Sünden vernichtet.

Word by Word

• yāni: which (things)
• yāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (relative pronoun, nominative plural)

• kāni: whatever
• kāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिर्दिष्ट-समुच्चयार्थे (indefinite ‘whatever’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• tīrthāni: pilgrimage places
• tīrthāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• prabhāse: in Prabhāsa
• prabhāse: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative singular)

• santi: are/exist
• santi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु: अस् ‘to be’)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative singular)

• tebhyaḥ: than those/from those
• tebhyaḥ: Apadana (Comparison source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (ablative plural)

• ativallabham: most dear/very beloved
• ativallabham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati-vallabha (प्रातिपदिक: अति + वल्लभ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र ‘tīrtham’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम् (nominative singular neuter)

• tīrtham: a sacred place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• sarvapāpapraṇāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarvapāpapraṇāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-pāpa-praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशनम्’

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed ‘ati-vallabha’ tīrtha within Prabhāsa (to be specified in immediate narrative context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as bhāmini)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic depiction of Prabhāsa with multiple marked tīrthas—kuṇḍas, ghāṭas, shrines—while a luminous central tīrtha is highlighted as ‘most beloved’, drawing pilgrims toward it.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Among many holy places, some are singled out as especially potent—guiding pilgrims toward the most transformative tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A supreme, ‘most beloved’ tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the verse signals an upcoming identification).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, tīrtha-sevana via pilgrimage and bathing; the verse introduces a particular tīrtha famed for destroying all sins.