Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

महापातकयुक्तोऽपि मुक्तो भवति पातकैः । सर्वकामसमृद्धात्मा स भूयाद्वृषभध्वजः

Transliteration

mahāpātakayukto'pi mukto bhavati pātakaiḥ | sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā sa bhūyādvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

Translation

Même celui qui porte de grands péchés est délivré des fautes. Comblé par l’accomplissement de tous ses désirs, il atteint l’état de Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva).

Word by Word

• महापातकयुक्तः: even one associated with great sins
• महापातकयुक्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (महापातकेन युक्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: even, although
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), concessive ‘even’

• मुक्तः: freed, released
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; separation sense with ‘मुक्तः’ (ablatival-instrumental usage)

• सर्वकामसमृद्धात्मा: one whose self is enriched with all desires (fulfilled)
• सर्वकामसमृद्धात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + समृद्ध + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (सर्वैः कामैः समृद्धः आत्मा यस्य सः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; epithet

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भूयात्: may (he) become / may he be
• भूयात्: Kriya (Benediction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; benedictive sense

• वृषभध्वजः: the Bull-bannered (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-सम्बोधनार्थ-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (वृषभः ध्वजः यस्य) / कर्मधारय-प्राय, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; epithet of Śiva

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrīśvara/Bhairava at Brahmakuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Deveśi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent pilgrim at a sacred pond, dark stains symbolizing sins dissolving into water-light; Śiva as Vṛṣabhadhvaja appears with Nandi emblem, granting both worldly prosperity (overflowing grain/coins) and liberation (radiant halo).

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Vṛṣabhadhvaja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace at the sacred kṣetra is portrayed as powerful enough to dissolve even grave sins and grant both worldly fulfillment and spiritual elevation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa region), within the Sāvitrīśvara/Bhairava Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it summarizes the fruit (phala) of sacred association/worship/hearing in the kṣetra.