Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

क्षालनं सर्वपापानां रोगदारिद्र्यनाशनम् । दामोदरं रैवतके परमानंददायकम्

Transliteration

kṣālanaṃ sarvapāpānāṃ rogadāridryanāśanam | dāmodaraṃ raivatake paramānaṃdadāyakam

Translation

Se baigner (ici) lave tous les péchés et détruit maladie et pauvreté. Dāmodara à Raivataka accorde la béatitude suprême.

Word by Word

• क्षालनम्: cleansing
• क्षालनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षल् (धातु) → क्षालन (प्रातिपदिक/भाववाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (act of washing/cleansing)

• सर्वपापानाम्: of all sins
• सर्वपापानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• रोगदारिद्र्यनाशनम्: destruction of disease and poverty
• रोगदारिद्र्यनाशनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग + दारिद्र्य + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रोगस्य दारिद्र्यस्य च नाशनम्)

• दामोदरम्: Dāmodara
• दामोदरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रैवतके: on/at Raivataka (mountain/place)
• रैवतके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (स्थानवाचक)

• परमानन्ददायकम्: giving supreme bliss
• परमानन्ददायकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + आनन्द + दायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (परमम् आनन्दं ददाति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dāmodara-tīrtha (Raivataka)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe in a clear tīrtha at the foot of Raivataka; above, the mountain rises with forested slopes; Dāmodara’s icon or presence radiates serenity, promising health, prosperity, and bliss.

Characters & Entities

• Dāmodara
• Raivataka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing at a praised tīrtha purifies karma and leads the devotee toward supreme bliss through devotion to Dāmodara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dāmodara associated with Raivataka (within the Prabhāsa sacred geography and Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kṣālana/snāna—ritual bathing at the Dāmodara tīrtha as a purifier and remover of worldly afflictions.