Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ऋणमोचनपार्श्वे तु मध्ये तु पापमोचनात् । एतन्मध्यं समाश्रित्य मृतः पापैर्विमुच्यते

Transliteration

ṛṇamocanapārśve tu madhye tu pāpamocanāt | etanmadhyaṃ samāśritya mṛtaḥ pāpairvimucyate

Translation

Près de Ṛṇamocana, et dans la zone centrale appelée Pāpamocana, celui qui meurt en prenant refuge en ce milieu est délivré des péchés.

Word by Word

• ṛṇamocanapārśve: at the side of Ṛṇamocana
• ṛṇamocanapārśve: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mocana (प्रातिपदिक) + pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (पार्श्व-शब्दः), सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘ṛṇamocanasya pārśve’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास)

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Nipata
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विशेष/विरोधार्थक)

• madhye: in the middle
• madhye: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘in the middle’

• tu: indeed
• tu: Nipata
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विशेषार्थक)

• pāpamocanāt: from (the place called) Pāpamocana
• pāpamocanāt: Apadana (Ablative/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + mocana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ‘pāpānāṃ mocanam’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); ablative—‘from/than Pāpamocana’

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of madhyam)

• madhyam: the middle (region)
• madhyam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object of samāśritya)

• samāśritya: having taken refuge in
• samāśritya: Kriya (Gerund; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-śri (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; absolutive), ‘having resorted to’

• mṛtaḥ: a dead person
• mṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (कृदन्त; √mṛ)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘dead’ (as subject)

• pāpaiḥ: from sins / by sins
• pāpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; instrument/association

• vimucyate: is freed, is released
• vimucyate: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana–Pāpamocana (madhya-deśa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands between two marked tīrthas—Ṛṇamocana and Pāpamocana—within the sandy coastal sacred tract of Prabhāsa, taking refuge in the ‘middle area’ as priests chant; the mood is quiet, purificatory, and liminal (end-of-life sanctuary).

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṇamocana
• Pāpamocana
• Gātrotsarga/Puruṣottama-kṣetra (implied region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is exalted as a refuge so potent that even the final moment—death within its sanctified zone—is narrated as granting release from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ṛṇamocana and the central area called Pāpamocana within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed; the verse states a फलश्रुति (promise of spiritual fruit) tied to residing/refuge (samāśraya) in the tīrtha-region.