Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यस्तौ पूजयते भक्त्या दंडपाणिहरी क्रमात् । स पाप कंचुकैर्मुक्तो गच्छेच्छिवपुरं नरः

Transliteration

yastau pūjayate bhaktyā daṃḍapāṇiharī kramāt | sa pāpa kaṃcukairmukto gacchecchivapuraṃ naraḥ

Translation

Wer jene beiden in Hingabe verehrt —Daṇḍapāṇi und Hari— in der rechten Ordnung, wird von den „Gewändern“ der Sünde befreit und gelangt in Shivas Stadt (Śivapura).

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tau: those two (them)
• tau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• daṇḍapāṇiharī: (the two) Daṇḍapāṇi and Hari
• daṇḍapāṇiharī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास (daṇḍa-pāṇi ‘having a staff in hand’ + hari ‘Viṣṇu’)

• kramāt: in due order, successively
• kramāt: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial usage of ablative); ‘क्रमात्’ = क्रमशः/अनुक्रमेण

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (correlative)

• pāpa-kaṃcukaiḥ: by the ‘coats’ (coverings) of sin
• pāpa-kaṃcukaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṃcuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (पापरूपाः कञ्चुकाः)

• muktaḥ: freed, released
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु) → mukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (saḥ)

• gacchet: would go / should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śivapuram: Śiva’s city (Śivapura)
• śivapuram: Gati-Karma (Goal/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य पुरम्)

• naraḥ: the man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; apposition to saḥ

Speaker

Viṣṇu (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Daṇḍapāṇi–Hari krama-pūjā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships first Daṇḍapāṇi then Hari in sequence; dark ‘garments’ of sin fall away symbolically, and a radiant path toward Śivapura opens in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Daṇḍapāṇi
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śiva
• Śivapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship performed with proper order and reverence purifies karmic impurities and leads the devotee toward the highest divine abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where worship of Daṇḍapāṇi and Hari is said to destroy sin and grant supreme destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Daṇḍapāṇi and Hari performed ‘kramāt’—in due sequence.