Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं दृष्टं सर्वसुखावहम् । स्नात्वा चास्य त्वमावास्यां पिंडदानं ददाति यः

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sarvasukhāvaham | snātvā cāsya tvamāvāsyāṃ piṃḍadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ

Translation

Man erkennt, dass es alle Sünden besänftigt und jedes Glück herbeiführt. Und wer, nachdem er hier gebadet hat, am Tage der amāvāsyā (Neumond) Piṇḍa-dāna darbringt…

Word by Word

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: the pacification of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Karma/Predicate (Object or predicate nominal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप-प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्’

• दृष्टम्: is seen/known (to be)
• दृष्टम्: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(एतत्) दृष्टम्’—‘is seen/known’

• सर्वसुखावहम्: bringing all happiness
• सर्वसुखावहम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-सुख-आवह (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘सर्वं सुखम् आवहति’ (bringing all happiness)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

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

• अस्य: of this; here
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अमावास्यायाम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्यायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पिण्डदानम्: offering of piṇḍa (funeral oblation)
• पिण्डदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड-दान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘पिण्डस्य दानम्’

• ददाति: gives; offers
• ददाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a coastal/river ghāṭ in Prabhāsa at dawn of amāvāsyā: one devotee emerging from sacred waters, then offering piṇḍas on darbha with a small fire/tilodaka nearby; distant temple spire and sea-horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāseśvara
• Amāvāsyā
• Piṇḍa-dāna
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and welfare arise through tīrtha-snān and ancestral rites performed at sanctified Śaiva sites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Durvāseśvara sacred area within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the site and performing piṇḍa-dāna on Amāvāsyā (new-moon).