Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा महादेवि मुच्यते पञ्चपातकैः

Transliteration

tatra snātvā mahādevi mucyate pañcapātakaiḥ

Translation

Ô Grande Déesse, en s’y baignant, on est délivré des cinq grands péchés.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालक्रिया (having bathed)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed, is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Sambandha (Numeral qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च (अव्यय/संख्यावाचक)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक (numeral)

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (ablatival-instrumental sense with passive: “from/by sins”)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūryaprācī

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes at Sūryaprācī while sunrise light falls on the water; symbolic dark stains dissolve into the stream, indicating release from the five great sins.

Characters & Entities

• Sūryaprācī
• snāna
• pañca-pātaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing at a tīrtha is presented as a potent prāyaścitta (expiation) when aligned with faith and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sūryaprācī in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha for release from pañca-pātaka (the five major sins).