Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सन्तर्प्य च पितॄन्भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । तत्र विष्णुं तु संपूज्य कृत्वा जागरणं निशि

Transliteration

santarpya ca pitṝnbhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ | tatra viṣṇuṃ tu saṃpūjya kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi

Translation

Hat man in hingebungsvoller Andacht die Pitṛs (Ahnen) gesättigt, wird man von allen Sünden befreit. Dort soll man, nachdem man Viṣṇu gebührend verehrt hat, die ganze Nacht hindurch wachen.

Word by Word

• सन्तर्प्य: having satisfied (fed)
• सन्तर्प्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + तृप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

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

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apādāna (Separation/from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात

• संपूज्य: having worshipped fully
• संपूज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• जागरणम्: night-vigil (keeping awake)
• जागरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet; contextually a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener (likely a male devotee addressed as 'priye' appears in v.12, suggesting a dialogue narration).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s water-edge, a devotee offers tarpaṇa to ancestors with folded hands; nearby, a Viṣṇu shrine is worshipped with flowers and incense; night falls and lamps are lit for an all-night vigil with chanting.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through ancestral rites and sincere worship at a sacred tīrtha purifies even grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa), a renowned sacred geography in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying ancestors), Viṣṇu-pūjā, and night-long jāgaraṇa (vigil) as a vrata.