Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

गुरोर्नैरृत्यदिग्भागे स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम् । अपि कृत्वा महापापं नारी वा पुरुषोऽपि वा

Transliteration

gurornairṛtyadigbhāge sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | api kṛtvā mahāpāpaṃ nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā

Translation

Dans le quartier du sud-ouest du sanctuaire du Guru se tient ce qui anéantit les péchés. Même si femme ou homme a commis un grand péché…

Word by Word

• गुरोः: of the guru
• गुरोः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• नैरृत्यदिग्भागे: in the south-western quarter
• नैरृत्यदिग्भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरृत्य + दिक् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समास: नैरृत्यायाः दिशः भागः (in the south-western direction-part)

• स्थितम्: situated
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (लिङ्गस्य विशेषण)

• पापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापप्रणाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + प्र + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; समास: पापस्य प्रणाशनम्

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: even/also)

• कृत्वा: having done; having committed
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• महापापम्: a great sin
• महापापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समास: महत् पापम्

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle: or)

• पुरुषः: a man
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक (particle: even)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed) pāpa-praṇāśana shrine SW of Guru-sthāna

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī/Gaurī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple (woman and man) approaches a small liṅga shrine marked as ‘pāpa-praṇāśana’ in the south-west of a larger ‘Guru’ shrine; the path is short, indicating proximity within a sacred complex.

Characters & Entities

• Vimaleśvara
• Guru (local shrine marker)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra’s Śiva-shrines are portrayed as radically purificatory—open to all, regardless of prior wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sin-destroying shrine identified in relation to the ‘Guru’ marker—within the Vimaleśvara context of Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit instruction to approach and worship the pāpa-praṇāśana shrine, regardless of one’s past sins.