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

Aunque uno, sin saberlo, haya cometido una leve falta, como faltar al respeto al nirmālya (restos sagrados de la ofrenda), todo ello se disuelve al contemplar Agni-tīrtha.

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.