Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 182

Devanagari script

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो मम देवि स वल्लभः । पापत्यागो भवेत्स्नानं धूपो मे गौग्गुलः प्रियः

Transliteration

sarvapāpavinirmukto mama devi sa vallabhaḥ | pāpatyāgo bhavetsnānaṃ dhūpo me gauggulaḥ priyaḥ

Translation

Ô Devī, celui qui est délivré de tous les péchés m’est cher. Le renoncement au péché est le bain véritable ; et l’encens qui m’est aimé est le guggulu, résine parfumée.

Word by Word

• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-nis-√muc (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त PPP; समासः—तत्पुरुष (sarvapāpebhyaḥ vinirmuktaḥ)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• vallabhaḥ: beloved
• vallabhaḥ: Visheshya-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vallabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• pāpa-tyāgaḥ: abandoning sin
• pāpa-tyāgaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + tyāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pāpasya tyāgaḥ)

• bhavet: should be; becomes
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person, Singular)

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Visheshya-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• dhūpaḥ: incense
• dhūpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• me: my; to me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• gauggulaḥ: (made of) guggulu resin
• gauggulaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guggulu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); विशेषण (adjectival)

• priyaḥ: dear
• priyaḥ: Visheshya-predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śaiva devotee at a Prabhāsa shrine holds a small censer of guggulu; beside him a river/sea-edge tīrtha. The deity’s presence is suggested by a liṅga with soft aura, while the devotee’s ‘snāna’ is shown as casting away dark stains (pāpa) from the heart.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva
• Guggulu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner purification—giving up sin—is superior to mere external cleansing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya in the Prabhāsa region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use guggulu as incense in worship; treat pāpa-tyāga as the essence of snāna.