Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

ततः संपूजयेद्देवं ब्रह्माणं बालरूपिणम् । एवं रौद्री समाख्याता यात्रा पातकनाशिनी

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ brahmāṇaṃ bālarūpiṇam | evaṃ raudrī samākhyātā yātrā pātakanāśinī

Translation

Dann soll man den Gott Brahmā verehren, der die Gestalt eines Kindes annimmt. So ist die Pilgerfahrt namens „Raudrī“ beschrieben, die die Sünden vernichtet.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• संपूजयेत्: should worship fully
• संपूजयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: कर्म (Apposition/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• बालरूपिणम्: having the form of a child
• बालरूपिणम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of ब्रह्माणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (बालस्य रूपम् अस्य)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: प्रकार (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• रौद्री: Rudra-related/raudrī
• रौद्री: विशेषण (Qualifier of यात्रा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• समाख्याता: is called/has been named
• समाख्याता: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यात्रा: pilgrimage/journey
• यात्रा: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• पातकनाशिनी: destroyer of sins
• पातकनाशिनी: विशेषण (Qualifier of यात्रा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पातकस्य नाशिनी)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within the Māhātmya (deduced: Sūta-like narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raudrī-yātrā (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the end of the Raudrī pilgrimage, the devotee worships a child-form Brahmā—four-faced yet youthful—seated on a lotus, while priests proclaim the yātrā as sin-destroying.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Raudrī-yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred travel is not mere movement; it is a dharmic sequence of worship that purifies the pilgrim and removes moral taint (pātaka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the stations within the Raudrī-yātrā route.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Duly worship Brahmā in a child-form as part of the prescribed pilgrimage (yātrā) sequence.