Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एतान्येव हि स्थानानि देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः । गच्छते यत्र तत्रैव मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

etānyeva hi sthānāni devadevasya cakriṇaḥ | gacchate yatra tatraiva mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Wahrlich, dies sind die heiligen Stätten des Gottes der Götter, des Diskusträgers. Wohin immer man (zu solchen Orten) geht, dort wird man von allen schweren Sünden erlöst.

Word by Word

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (pronoun)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (only/indeed)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: for/indeed)

• स्थानानि: places
• स्थानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः)

• चक्रिणः: of the discus-bearer
• चक्रिणः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (चक्रधारिन्)

• गच्छते: goes
• गच्छते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

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

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins (by/with all sins as cause of release)
• सर्वपातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha and associated Viṣṇu-sthānas

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like procession of pilgrims moving from one sacred station to another, each marked by Viṣṇu’s symbols (cakra, śaṅkha). At each stop, a radiant presence of the discus-bearing Lord signifies that the place itself is His abode; dark ‘sin’ motifs dissolve as pilgrims arrive.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeva
• Cakrin (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to the Lord’s sacred abodes, undertaken with faith, is declared to destroy even major sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is embedded in Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), praising the network of Viṣṇu-associated sthānas connected to the region’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-yātrā—going/visiting holy places (sthāna-gamana) as a purificatory act.