Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

क्षेत्रं पापहरं ज्ञात्वा तत्र प्रातिष्ठदीश्वरम् । मुक्तश्चैवाभवत्पापात्तस्मात्पुत्रवधोद्भवात्

Transliteration

kṣetraṃ pāpaharaṃ jñātvā tatra prātiṣṭhadīśvaram | muktaścaivābhavatpāpāttasmātputravadhodbhavāt

Translation

Sachant que ce kṣetra sacré efface les fautes, il y établit Īśvara ; et il fut réellement délivré de ce péché né du meurtre de son fils.

Word by Word

• kṣetram: the sacred field
• kṣetram: Karma (Object of jñātvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन

• pāpaharam: sin-removing
• pāpaharam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa-hara (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + हर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying kṣetram)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• prātiṣṭhat: he installed/established
• prātiṣṭhat: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-sthā (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• īśvaram: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• īśvaram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (प्रातिपदिक; मुच्-धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (freed)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (Ablative); एकवचन

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (Ablative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• putravadhodbhavāt: arising from the killing of (his) son
• putravadhodbhavāt: Apadana (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra-vadha-udbhava (प्रातिपदिक; पुत्र + वध + उद्भव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (Ablative); एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (as causal source)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Mānavīśvara-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful king/pilgrim in Prabhāsa installs a Śiva-liṅga with ritual vessels; the atmosphere is penitential yet hopeful, with the kṣetra’s sanctity radiating as the burden of sin lifts.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Manu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity (kṣetra-māhātmya) works with sincere corrective action to dissolve accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a pāpa-hara kṣetra, centered on Mānavīśvara (Īśvara installed there).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing Īśvara (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā) at the holy kṣetra as an act of prāyaścitta.