Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तेन तस्माद्विनिर्मुक्तः पातकात्पूर्वसंचितात् । नरतीर्थं ततः ख्यातं तत्र पापभयापहम्

Transliteration

tena tasmādvinirmuktaḥ pātakātpūrvasaṃcitāt | naratīrthaṃ tataḥ khyātaṃ tatra pāpabhayāpaham

Translation

Par cette expiation, il fut délivré des péchés amassés auparavant. Ainsi le lieu devint renommé sous le nom de Naratīrtha, gué sacré qui ôte la crainte née du péché.

Word by Word

• tena: by that (act/means)
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter)

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter)

• vinirmuktaḥ: freed
• vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nir-muc (धातु) → vinirmukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• pātakāt: from sin
• pātakāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• pūrva-saṃcitāt: previously accumulated
• pūrva-saṃcitāt: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃcita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पूर्वसंचित = ‘previously accumulated’); पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — agreeing with pātakāt

• nara-tīrtham: Nara-tīrtha (name of the sacred place)
• nara-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• tataḥ: thereupon/from that
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apadana (Source/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable); तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb)

• khyātam: became known/was famed
• khyātam: Karma (Predicate of object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyā (धातु) → khyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Singular) — agreeing with naratīrtham

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

• pāpa-bhaya-apaham: removing fear of sin
• pāpa-bhaya-apaham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + apaha (प्रातिपदिक from apa-hṛ ‘removing’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापभयापह = ‘remover of fear of sin’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom./Acc. Singular) — agreeing with naratīrtham

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred ford known as Naratīrtha where a pilgrim (echoing Arjuna) emerges purified; the atmosphere is calm, with symbolic ‘fear’ dissolving—dark clouds parting into clear light.

Characters & Entities

• Naratīrtha
• Arjuna (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atonement performed with sincerity at a sanctified site is said to dissolve past sin and the anxiety it produces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Naratīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies prāyaścitta leading to release from pātaka; no specific rite details are enumerated here.