Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

एवं भक्त्यनुसारेण ददामि फलमव्ययम् । अलेपकं प्रभासं तु धर्माधर्मैर्न लिप्यते

Transliteration

evaṃ bhaktyanusāreṇa dadāmi phalamavyayam | alepakaṃ prabhāsaṃ tu dharmādharmairna lipyate

Translation

Ainsi, selon la dévotion de chacun, J’accorde un fruit impérissable. Prabhāsa est « sans tache » (alepaka) : il n’est souillé ni par le mérite ni par le démérite.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• भक्त्यनुसारेण: in accordance with devotion
• भक्त्यनुसारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति + अनुसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (भक्तेः अनुसारः); पुल्लिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अव्ययम्: imperishable
• अव्ययम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular) (फलम् इति विशेषणम्)

• अलेपकम्: unstained, untainted
• अलेपकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलेपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa (the sacred place)
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• धर्माधर्मैः: by dharma and adharma (merit and demerit)
• धर्माधर्मैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (धर्मश्च अधर्मश्च); पुल्लिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• लिप्यते: is tainted/defiled
• लिप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Śiva (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, speaking to Devī/Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Alepaka-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene vision of Prabhāsa as a luminous, unstained field—devotees offering with folded hands while a subtle radiance signifies ‘akṣaya-phala’; merit and demerit depicted as fading shadows unable to cling.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is decisive: the kṣetra grants imperishable spiritual fruit, and Prabhāsa is praised as transcending ordinary notions of karmic stain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa), the famed sacred region celebrated in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; it is a phala-śruti emphasizing the kṣetra’s unique purity and the primacy of bhakti.