Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः पितृलोके महीयते । कुलानि तारयेत्सप्त अतीताऽनागतानि च

Transliteration

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ pitṛloke mahīyate | kulāni tārayetsapta atītā'nāgatāni ca

Translation

Il est délivré de tous les péchés et honoré dans le monde des ancêtres. Il sauve sept lignées, celles du passé comme celles à venir.

Word by Word

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Present indicative, 3rd sg, passive sense)

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-बहुवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Ablative plural, neuter); कर्मधारय (sarvāṇi pāpāni)

• पितृलोके: in the world of the ancestors
• पितृलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Locative singular, masculine); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pitṝṇāṃ loke)

• महीयते: is honored; is exalted
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Present indicative, 3rd sg, passive: is honored)

• कुलानि: families; lineages
• कुलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-बहुवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Accusative plural, neuter)

• तारयेत्: would save; would deliver
• तारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (धातु) (तारयति-णिच्)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (Optative, 3rd sg: would cause to cross/save)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्याशब्द)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषण (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• अतीतानागतानि: past and future
• अतीतानागतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीत (कृदन्त; अति+√इ (धातु), क्त) + अनागत (कृदन्त; अन्+√गम् (धातु), क्त)
• Form: द्वितीया-बहुवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Accusative plural, neuter); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (atītāni ca anāgatāni ca)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame); Devī within embedded dialogue context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa performs tarpaṇa facing the sea/river-mouth, offering water with kuśa, while pitṛs appear subtly in a luminous ancestral realm; the kṣetra’s sanctity is suggested by distant Somnātha-like śikhara and sacred waters.

Characters & Entities

• pitṛloka
• kula (lineage)
• pāpa (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained at a great tīrtha extends beyond the individual, bringing purification and upliftment to one’s ancestral and future lines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsakṣetra tīrtha associated with snāna and śrāddha that grants pitṛloka honor and kula-tāraṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly continues the prior prescription: snāna and śrāddha/tarpaṇa at the tīrtha, yielding sin-release and ancestral benefit.