Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

कोटिपापविनिर्मुक्तो मत्समं वसते नरः । मम लोके न संदेहः कुलकोटिसमन्वितः

Transliteration

koṭipāpavinirmukto matsamaṃ vasate naraḥ | mama loke na saṃdehaḥ kulakoṭisamanvitaḥ

Translation

Affranchi de crores de péchés, cet homme demeure à mon égal; dans mon monde—sans aucun doute—il séjourne avec des crores de membres de sa lignée.

Word by Word

• koṭi-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from crores of sins
• koṭi-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-nis-√muc (धातु) → vinirmukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण

• mat-samam: equal to me
• mat-samam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे/तुल्यार्थे विशेषणम् (as an adverbial accusative: 'equal to me')

• vasate: dwells
• vasate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• loke: in (my) world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• na: not / no
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kula-koṭi-samanvitaḥ: endowed with crores of (his) lineage (i.e., with countless family members/lineages)
• kula-koṭi-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Dvārakā, Gomatī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified pilgrim is shown freed from vast sins; a celestial vision opens—Vaikuṇṭha-like realm where the devotee dwells ‘equal’ in proximity to the Lord, accompanied by forebears/lineage in luminous forms.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (implied by 'mama loke')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-merit is portrayed as transformative—destroying vast sin and elevating the pilgrim (and lineage) toward the Lord’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

By context, the fruits follow from Dvārakā’s Cakratīrtha/Gomati tīrtha-sevana described in the preceding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is introduced; it states the promised phala (result) of the Dvārakā tīrtha practice.