Shloka 46 - Adhyaya 202 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | French | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

विधिः प्राथमिकस्तस्माद्द्वितीये द्विगुणं चरेत् । तृतीये त्रिगुणं प्रोक्तं चतुर्थे नास्ति निष्कृतिः

Transliteration

vidhiḥ prāthamikastasmāddvitīye dviguṇaṃ caret | tṛtīye triguṇaṃ proktaṃ caturthe nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ

Translation

Ainsi, la règle première s’applique la première fois ; la seconde fois, qu’on l’accomplisse au double ; la troisième, il est dit qu’au triple. La quatrième fois, il n’y a plus d’expiation.

Word by Word

विधिःrule, procedure

प्राथमिकःprimary, first

तस्मात्therefore

द्वितीयेin the second (instance)

द्विगुणम्twofold, double

चरेत्should perform/practise

तृतीयेin the third (instance)

त्रिगुणम्threefold, triple

प्रोक्तम्is declared

चतुर्थेin the fourth (instance)

नnot

अस्तिexists, is

निष्कृतिःexpiation

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic four-panel sequence: a person commits a fault and performs expiation once, then twice, then thrice with increasing austerity; the fourth panel shows a closed gate or a stern dharma-guardian indicating ‘no release’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repeated wrongdoing hardens guilt; dharma escalates remedy and finally withdraws ordinary expiation for habitual transgression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching sits within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, presenting moral discipline as part of the sacred landscape’s instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A graded scale: first-time rule, second-time double, third-time triple, and no niṣkṛti on the fourth.