Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

दक्षिणे सोमनाथस्य सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविख्यातं पद्मकं नाम नामतः

Transliteration

dakṣiṇe somanāthasya sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | tīrthaṃ trailokyavikhyātaṃ padmakaṃ nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

सोमनाथ के दक्षिण में सर्वपाप-प्रणाशक, त्रैलोक्य में विख्यात ‘पद्मक’ नाम का तीर्थ है।

Word by Word

• दक्षिणे: to the south (in the southern side)
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); दिग्वाचक-शब्दः

• सोमनाथस्य: of Somanātha
• सोमनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः सोम + नाथ

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषणम् तीर्थम्

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/pilgrimage spot
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रैलोक्यविख्यातम्: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यविख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् तीर्थम्

• पद्मकम्: Padmaka (name of the tīrtha)
• पद्मकम्: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Nirdharana/Name-marker (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable used to indicate ‘by name’)

• नामतः: in name; as to its name
• नामतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘as regards name/nominally’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Padmaka

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like sacred landscape: Somnātha temple prominent; to its south, Padmaka tīrtha shown as a lotus-associated waterbody/ford where pilgrims bathe, with an aura indicating ‘sarva-pāpa-praṇāśana’.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Padmaka-tīrtha
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching holy geography with faith and discipline is portrayed as a means of deep moral purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Padmaka-tīrtha, located south of Somanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice is tīrtha-visit and bathing/observance there, emphasized by its sin-destroying power.