Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा स्पृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वकिल्बिषैः । इत्येतत्कथितं देवि क्षेत्राद्यं तं यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā muktaḥ syātsarvakilbiṣaiḥ | ityetatkathitaṃ devi kṣetrādyaṃ taṃ yathākramam

Translation

Indem man es sieht, berührt und verehrt, wird man von allen Verfehlungen befreit. So, o Göttin, sind dieser heilige Ort und seine Einzelheiten der Reihe nach geschildert worden.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• स्पृष्ट्वा: having touched
• स्पृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• मुक्तः: freed, released
• मुक्तः: Kartā (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √मुच् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• स्यात्: would be / may become
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वकिल्बिषैः: by/from all sins
• सर्वकिल्बिषैः: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause: 'from/by sins')
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (किल्बिष), तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वकिल्बिष (all sins)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-निपात (quotative particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (context: 'this' as subject/object)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Predicative: 'has been said')
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित (प्रातिपदिक; √कथ् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (has been told)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• क्षेत्राद्यम्: beginning with the kṣetra (sacred places)
• क्षेत्राद्यम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षेत्र + आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; समासः—क्षेत्राद्य (beginning with the sacred places/field)

• तम्: that (sequence/account)
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• यथाक्रमम्: in due order
• यथाक्रमम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: Skanda instructing Devī, with a stylized map-like procession of shrines behind them; pilgrims performing darśana, touching steps, and offering flowers—three gestures emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāseśvara
• Devī (listener, unnamed)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Direct engagement with the sacred—seeing, touching, and worshipping—forms a complete devotional act that purifies the pilgrim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The described Prabhāsa sacred-site sequence, centered on the Durvāseśvara liṅga-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing), sparśa (touching), and pūjā (worship) as the recommended devotional actions.