Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

वर्षकोटिसहस्रैस्तु यत्पापं समुपार्जितम् । सुरज्येष्ठं तु संस्नाप्य दहेत्सर्वं न संशयः

Transliteration

varṣakoṭisahasraistu yatpāpaṃ samupārjitam | surajyeṣṭhaṃ tu saṃsnāpya dahetsarvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Quel que soit le péché amassé durant des milliers de crores d’années—en baignant Sura-jyeṣṭha, le premier des dieux, tout est brûlé; sans aucun doute.

Word by Word

• वर्ष-कोटि-सहस्रैः: by thousands of crores of years
• वर्ष-कोटि-सहस्रैः: Kāla-karaṇa (Time-measure instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + कोटि + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘वर्षाणां कोटि-सहस्रैः’ = by thousands of crores of years

• तु: indeed
• तु: Nipāta (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अनुवाद) = but/indeed

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे ‘यत् … तत् …’

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

• समुपार्जितम्: accumulated
• समुपार्जितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of pāpam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उप + अर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सम्यक् उपार्जितम्’ = accumulated

• सुरज्येष्ठम्: Surajyeṣṭha (Indra)
• सुरज्येष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘सुराणां ज्येष्ठः’ = the eldest of the gods (Indra)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनुवाद/निश्चय)

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed (him)
• संस्नाप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) = gerund; ‘स्नापयित्वा’

• दहेत्: would burn up/destroy
• दहेत्: Vidhāna-kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘समस्तम्’

• न: no/not
• न: Nipāta (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) = negation

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

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The abhiṣeka culminates in a visionary moment: flames of impurity symbolically burn away as the deity, titled Sura-jyeṣṭha, shines; devotees feel a palpable release from ancient burdens.

Characters & Entities

• Sura-jyeṣṭha (Brahmā, contextual epithet)
• Pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin)
• Abhiṣeka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere, properly performed sacred rites to the highest deity-forms are portrayed as powerful means of purification and moral renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the implied sacred setting where this merit (pāpa-dāha) is proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe (abhiṣeka) the ‘Sura-jyeṣṭha’ deity—contextually Brahmā—promising complete burning of accumulated sins.