Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

महापातकयुक्तोऽपि युक्तो वाऽप्युपपातकैः । स सर्वां लभते सिद्धिमुत्तमां वरवर्णिनि

Transliteration

mahāpātakayukto'pi yukto vā'pyupapātakaiḥ | sa sarvāṃ labhate siddhimuttamāṃ varavarṇini

Translation

Selbst wer mit großen Sünden beladen ist oder durch geringere Vergehen (Upapātaka) befleckt, erlangt dort alle Siddhis und die höchste Vollendung, o Schönfarbige.

Word by Word

• महापातकयुक्तः: one tainted/associated with great sins
• महापातकयुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘युक्त’ = ‘युक्तः/सम्बद्धः’; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महापातकेन/महापातकस्य युक्तः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) — ‘even/also’

• युक्तः: associated/connected
• युक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात — ‘or’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात — ‘also/even’

• उपपातकैः: with minor sins (secondary offences)
• उपपातकैः: Karana/Association (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपपातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण/सहकारक-प्रयोगे ‘with/through minor sins’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वाम्: all/entire
• सर्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (सिद्धिम् इति विशेष्य)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सिद्धिम्: attainment/success
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• उत्तमाम्: supreme
• उत्तमाम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (सिद्धिम्)

• वरवर्णिनि: O fair-complexioned lady
• वरवर्णिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरवर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (वरा च सा वर्णिनी)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Kāmika Liṅga vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as 'varavarṇinī' (fair-complexioned lady), continuing the intimate didactic frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful sinner lays down weapons or symbols of vice and approaches the liṅga; a radiant protective aura (Śiva’s grace) envelops him, signifying purification and attainment.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāpātaka
• Upapātaka
• Siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra’s grace is portrayed as radically purifying—no one is beyond upliftment when sincere devotion meets a powerful holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Liṅga-site being described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; the verse emphasizes the purificatory result of the previously described worship, japa, and proximity to the Liṅga.