Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अपराधसहस्रं तु क्षमते तस्य भैरवः । धेनुदानं प्रशंसंति तस्मिन्स्थाने महर्षयः

Transliteration

aparādhasahasraṃ tu kṣamate tasya bhairavaḥ | dhenudānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tasminsthāne maharṣayaḥ

Translation

Bhairava pardonne même mille offenses d’un tel dévot. En ce lieu, les grands sages louent le don d’une vache (dhenu-dāna).

Word by Word

• अपराधसहस्रम्: a thousand offences
• अपराधसहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाण/समूहवाचक (a thousand offences)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; contrast/emphasis)

• क्षमते: forgives
• क्षमते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षम (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तस्य: of him/of that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• भैरवः: Bhairava
• भैरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धेनुदानम्: the gift of a cow
• धेनुदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (what is praised)

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise
• प्रशंसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शंस् (धातु) प्र +
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक) [महत् + ऋषि]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairava-kṣamā at Prabhāsa; Dhenu-dāna praised by ṛṣis

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhairava as fierce yet compassionate guardian near the shrine, right hand in abhaya; devotee kneels in repentance; sages in the background approving; a cow being respectfully gifted with water-pot and cloth, symbolizing dhenu-dāna.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairava
• Maharṣis
• Dhenu-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (kṣamā) and dharmic charity work together: sincere worship invites forgiveness, while dāna supports purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahākāleśvara/Bhairava-associated sacred zone in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhenu-dāna (cow-gift) is commended as an especially meritorious act at that site.