Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पाषाणाकृतयस्तत्र ऋषयोऽद्यापि संस्थिताः । दृश्यंते मानुषे देवि सर्वपातकनाशनाः

Transliteration

pāṣāṇākṛtayastatra ṛṣayo'dyāpi saṃsthitāḥ | dṛśyaṃte mānuṣe devi sarvapātakanāśanāḥ

Translation

Là, ô Déesse, les ṛṣi, devenus des formes de pierre, demeurent encore. On les voit dans le monde des hommes, et ils anéantissent toutes les grandes fautes.

Word by Word

• pāṣāṇākṛtayaḥ: stone-forms
• pāṣāṇākṛtayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṣāṇa-ākṛti (प्रातिपदिक; पाषाण + आकृति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तृ/विषय — ‘पाषाणाकृतयः (ऋषयः)’ (stone-forms)

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

• ṛṣayaḥ: sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कारक (also/even)

• saṃsthitāḥ: standing/situated
• saṃsthitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-sthā (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण — ‘ऋषयः’

• dṛśyante: are seen
• dṛśyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: ‘are seen’)

• mānuṣe: in the human world
• mānuṣe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण — ‘मानुषे (लोके)’

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन

• sarvapātakanāśanāḥ: destroyers of all sins
• sarvapātakanāśanāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-pātaka-nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पातक + नाशन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण — ‘ऋषयः’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha / Ṛṣitoya-saṅgama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal sacred landscape of Prabhāsa with weathered stone forms resembling seated sages; pilgrims behold them with folded hands, sensing their continuing presence and purifying power.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Mahādevī
• Ṛṣi-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames sacred places as enduring witnesses of spiritual power—visible signs that inspire repentance and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ṛṣi-tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, marked by stone-formed sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes darśana of the sacred forms and the tīrtha’s power to destroy sins.