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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

एवमुक्ते नरः प्राह पुनरेव जनार्द्दनम् । कथयस्व कथं पापात्कृष्ण शुद्ध्यामहे वयम्

evamukte naraḥ prāha punareva janārddanam | kathayasva kathaṃ pāpātkṛṣṇa śuddhyāmahe vayam

Als dies gesagt war, sprach Nara erneut zu Janārdana: „Sage uns, o Kṛṣṇa: Wie können wir von Sünde gereinigt werden?“

एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)
उक्तेwhen (this) was said
उक्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) सति-सप्तमी, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘when it was said’
नरःNara
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
प्राहsaid
प्राह:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/just)
जनार्द्दनम्Janārdana (Krishna)
जनार्द्दनम्:
Sambodhyam (Addressee/सम्बोध्य)
TypeNoun
Rootजनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
कथयस्वtell (me)
कथयस्व:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन
कथम्how
कथम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Interrogative adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (how)
पापात्from sin
पापात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
कृष्णO Krishna
कृष्ण:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
शुद्ध्यामहेmay we become purified / we are purified
शुद्ध्यामहे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootशुध् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन
वयम्we
वयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (प्रातिपदिक; 1st person pronoun)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Nara (the man / petitioner)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (gateway to Prācī Sarasvatī instruction)

Type: kshetra

Listener: null

Scene: Nara (the man) again addresses Janārdana with folded hands, asking the method to be purified from sin; Kṛṣṇa listens with composed compassion.

J
Janārdana
K
Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

Humility and direct inquiry into dharma is presented as the doorway to purification.

The question prompts the revelation of Prācī Sarasvatī tīrtha as a purifier within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

The verse asks for the method; the specific prescription follows in subsequent verses.