Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं स्थापितं सत्यभामया । कृष्णस्य कान्तया देवि रूपौदार्यसमेतया

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sthāpitaṃ satyabhāmayā | kṛṣṇasya kāntayā devi rūpaudāryasametayā

Translation

हे देवी! सर्व पापों का शमन करने वाला वह पवित्र धाम सत्यभामा ने स्थापित किया—जो श्रीकृष्ण की प्रिया हैं और रूप तथा उदारता से युक्त हैं।

Word by Word

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: the pacification of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Karma/Predicate-noun (Object/कर्म or complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्)

• स्थापितम्: established
• स्थापितम्: Kriya (Participial predicate/कृदन्तक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्थापितम्’ (established)

• सत्यभामया: by Satyabhāmā
• सत्यभामया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यभामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन

• कान्तया: by (his) beloved consort
• कान्तया: Kartr-karana (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘कृष्णस्य कान्ता’ = प्रियपत्नी

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• रूपौदार्यसमेतया: endowed with beauty and generosity
• रूपौदार्यसमेतया: Karana (Accompaniment/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप + औदार्य + समेत (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + इ (धातु) से क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रूपेण औदार्येण च समेता) विशेषणम् (कान्तया/सत्यभामया)

Speaker

Unknown (contextually within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satyabhāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satyabhāmā, radiant and noble, establishes (pratiṣṭhā) a liṅga/shrine named Satyabhāmeśvara; the act is portrayed as sin-pacifying for all beings, with attendants, lamps, and Vedic chanting in a coastal temple setting.

Characters & Entities

• Satyabhāmā
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional establishment and worship of a sacred site leads to universal purification (sarva-pāpa-śamana).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satyabhāmeśvara within Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it states the origin and sin-destroying power of the स्थापना (establishment) by Satyabhāmā.