Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

अगम्यागमनं यैश्च कृतं ज्ञानाच्च मानवैः । अन्यानि पातकान्येवं नश्यंते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

agamyāgamanaṃ yaiśca kṛtaṃ jñānācca mānavaiḥ | anyāni pātakānyevaṃ naśyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Même les humains qui, en connaissance de cause, ont commis la faute d’approcher l’interdit, ainsi que d’autres transgressions semblables, voient leurs péchés détruits de cette manière; sans aucun doute.

Word by Word

• अगम्यागमनम्: going to the forbidden (illicit approach)
• अगम्यागमनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म; of कृतम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगम्य-आगमन (प्रातिपदिक; अगम्य + आगमन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (अगम्यं यद् आगमनम्)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Agent-instrument; ‘by whom’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Result state; ‘done’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे

• ज्ञानात्: from knowledge/knowingly
• ज्ञानात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• मानवैः: by men/humans
• मानवैः: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive; ‘by men’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पातकानि)

• पातकानि: sins
• पातकानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता; of नश्यन्ते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थ (manner adverb)

• नश्यन्ते: perish/are destroyed
• नश्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject; ‘doubt’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha complex)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the Prabhāsa sacred precinct, solemnly resolving to abandon transgression; a serene tīrtha landscape with a well/kuṇḍa nearby and distant temple spires, conveying purification and moral renewal.

Characters & Entities

• Pātaka (sins)
• Agamyāgamana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-practice done as instructed is presented as a powerful means of purification, even for serious wrongs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (and the immediately discussed Sāvitrī-sthala rites) are the purifying context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

By performing the stated pilgrimage observances (yātrā-vidhi/pradakṣiṇā with prescribed dāna), sins are said to be destroyed.