Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं देवि यथा चित्रपथा नदी । प्रभासक्षेत्रमासाद्य संस्थिता पापनाशिनी

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ devi yathā citrapathā nadī | prabhāsakṣetramāsādya saṃsthitā pāpanāśinī

Translation

Ainsi, ô Déesse, il a été exposé comment la rivière Citrāpathā, parvenue à Prabhāsa Kṣetra, y demeura comme destructrice des péchés.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (context: ‘this’ as subject/object)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (passive sense)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/just as)

• चित्रपथा: Citrapathā (name)
• चित्रपथा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रपथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नदी-विशेषणरूपेण)

• नदी: river
• नदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: Prabhāsa sacred region
• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘Prabhāsa’s field’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purva-kala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-अर्थक अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (Gerund): ‘having reached/approached’

• संस्थिता: stood / remained
• संस्थिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापनाशिनी: destroying sins
• पापनाशिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/उपपद-भाव: ‘destroyer of sins’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नदी-विशेषण)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citrāpathā nadī (at Prabhāsa)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred river personified as a luminous goddess-like stream arriving at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, settling near the holy precinct; pilgrims on the bank perform snāna and añjali as the waters glow with purifying radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāpathā (river)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is a vehicle of compassion: a tīrtha is established to remove sins and uplift beings through contact and faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the river Citrāpathā abiding there as pāpa-nāśinī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly endorses approaching the river at Prabhāsa for purification; earlier verses specify snāna, dāna, and śrāddha.