Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यथा विष्णुः स्वभक्तेषु पापमाप्नोति संस्थितम् । तथा विनाशमायातु दैत्योऽयं पापकर्मकृत्

Transliteration

yathā viṣṇuḥ svabhakteṣu pāpamāpnoti saṃsthitam | tathā vināśamāyātu daityo'yaṃ pāpakarmakṛt

Translation

Just as Viṣṇu removes the sin that abides in His own devotees, so may this demon—doer of sinful deeds—come to destruction.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/सम्बन्ध)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वभक्तेषु: among his devotees
• स्वभक्तेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य भक्ताः)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: obtains/encounters
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• संस्थितम्: present/abiding
• संस्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पापस्य विशेषणम्

• तथा: so
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative)

• विनाशम्: destruction
• विनाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आयातु: may (he) come to/meet
• आयातु: Kriya (Imprecative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Deictic/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पापकर्मकृत्: doer of sinful deeds
• पापकर्मकृत्: Visheshana (Epithet/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (कृ धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पापकर्म करोति’ इति; कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कृदन्त)

Speaker

Ṛṣis

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu stands between devotees and a dark demon; from His hand or aura, streams of light draw out black stains (pāpa) from devotees and strike the demon, who crumbles—symbolizing both purification and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is portrayed as bhakta-rakṣaka—protector and purifier of devotees—ensuring dharma’s victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where divine protection is invoked to restore sacred order.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the principle emphasized is devotion and reliance on Viṣṇu’s protective grace.