Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम् । कृतस्मराच्च परतो ह्यग्नितीर्थाच्च पूर्वतः

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ dāridryaughavināśanam | kṛtasmarācca parato hyagnitīrthācca pūrvataḥ

Translation

Il apaise tous les péchés et détruit les flots de la pauvreté—situé à l’ouest de Kṛtasmarā et à l’est d’Agnitīrtha.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: the pacifier/remover of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of the shrine)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्

• दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम्: destroyer of the flood of poverty
• दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: दारिद्र्यस्य ओघः तस्य विनाशनम्

• कृतस्मरात्: from Kṛtasmar(a)
• कृतस्मरात्: Apādāna (Reference point: from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (√कृ; कृदन्त-क्त) + स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नाम): कृतः स्मरः यस्मिन्/येन = 'Kṛtasmar(a)' (place-name)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• परतः: to the west/beyond
• परतः: Adhikaraṇa (Spatial relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: on the far side/westward)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed)

• अग्नितीर्थात्: from Agnitīrtha
• अग्नितीर्थात्: Apādāna (Reference point: from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: अग्नेः तीर्थम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूर्वतः: to the east
• पूर्वतः: Adhikaraṇa (Spatial relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: to the east/in front)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: narrative praise within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hiraṇyeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim path between two marked tīrthas—Kṛtasmarā and Agnitīrtha—leading to Hiraṇyeśvara; the text’s promise of sin-quelling and poverty-destruction visualized as darkness lifting and abundance returning.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛtasmarā
• Agnitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to the rightly located Prabhāsa tīrthas is taught as a dharmic means to dissolve sin and alleviate misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha situated between Kṛtasmarā (as reference point) and Agnitīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra is praised for its merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse functions as a māhātmya-style locator and merit statement for the tīrtha.