Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

मातृकात्पैतृकाद्देवि तथा गुरुसमुद्भवात् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा निर्द्वंद्वो मुक्तिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

mātṛkātpaitṛkāddevi tathā gurusamudbhavāt | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā nirdvaṃdvo muktimāpnuyāt

Translation

Oh Diosa, al quedar libre de las deudas nacidas de la madre, del padre/los ancestros, y asimismo de las que proceden del gurú, uno queda purificado de todos los pecados; sin dualidad interior, alcanza la liberación.

Word by Word

• मातृकात्: from (debt) to the mother(s)
• मातृकात्: Apadana (Ablative/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• पैतृकात्: from the paternal (debt)
• पैतृकात्: Apadana (Ablative/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पैतृक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; पितृ-सम्बन्धि (paternal)

• देवि: O goddess/dear lady
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/thus)

• गुरुसमुद्भवात्: from that arising from the guru (teacher)
• गुरुसमुद्भवात्: Apadana (Ablative/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (सम्+उद्+भू धातु, भाव/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गुरोः समुद्भवः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: one whose self is purified of all sins
• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विशुद्ध (विश्+शुध्/शुध् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (यस्यान्तःकरणम् सर्वपापैः विशुद्धम्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• निर्द्वन्द्वः: free from pairs of opposites
• निर्द्वन्द्वः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (free from dualities)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛhaspatīśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, now radiant and calm, stands before the liṅga; behind appear symbolic figures of mother, ancestors, and guru blessing him; dark stains representing sins dissolve into light, and the devotee’s face shows ‘nir-dvandva’ serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Mātṛ
• Pitṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purification includes resolving foundational obligations to parents, ancestors, and guru, culminating in inner freedom and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as part of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s sacred-site glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single ritual is newly prescribed here; it states the fruit—purification and mokṣa—connected to the preceding tīrtha practice.