Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

निर्माल्यलंघनं किंचिदज्ञाताद्यदि वै कृतम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति अग्नितीर्थस्य दर्शनात्

Transliteration

nirmālyalaṃghanaṃ kiṃcidajñātādyadi vai kṛtam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti agnitīrthasya darśanāt

Translation

Selbst wenn man unwissentlich eine geringe Verfehlung begangen hat, etwa das Nirmālya (heilige Opferreste) missachtet, so löst sich dies alles beim Anblick von Agni-tīrtha auf.

Word by Word

• nirmālya-laṅghanam: transgression regarding sacred remnants (nirmālya)
• nirmālya-laṅghanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirmālya (प्रातिपदिक) + laṅghana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: निर्माल्यस्य लङ्घनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• kiṃcit: some
• kiṃcit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite: something/a little)

• ajñātāt: from ignorance / unknowingly
• ajñātāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajñāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतुवाचक (from ignorance/unawares)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (if)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kṛtam: is done/committed
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि; ‘कृत’ = done/committed

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्)

• vilayam: dissolution / destruction
• vilayam: Gati/Karman (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म

• yāti: goes / comes to
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• agnitīrthasya: of Agnitīrtha
• agnitīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• darśanāt: from seeing / by the sight
• darśanāt: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादान/हेतुवाचक (because of/from)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from immediate context: Śaṅkara speaking to Devī in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha (Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, anxious after an inadvertent offense, stands before the shimmering waters of Agnitīrtha; the atmosphere shifts to clarity as the tīrtha’s presence ‘dissolves’ the stain, shown as dark mist dispersing.

Characters & Entities

• Agni-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography has purificatory power—darśana of a revered tīrtha can dissolve even inadvertent faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agni-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (visitation/seeing) of Agni-tīrtha is presented as an expiatory act.