Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पापघ्नं सर्वजंतूनां शांतं मूर्तिस्थितं प्रभुम् । समायातं महाक्षेत्रे तत्र कायावरोहणात्

Transliteration

pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ śāṃtaṃ mūrtisthitaṃ prabhum | samāyātaṃ mahākṣetre tatra kāyāvarohaṇāt

Translation

वह प्रभु—जो समस्त प्राणियों के पापों का नाश करने वाले, शांत और साकार रूप में प्रतिष्ठित हैं—उस पवित्र कायावरोहण से वहाँ महाक्षेत्र (प्रभास) में पधारे।

Word by Word

• पापघ्नम्: destroyer of sins
• पापघ्नम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; विशेषणम् (प्रभुम्); तत्पुरुषः (पापं हन्ति इति)

• सर्वजन्तूनाम्: of all beings
• सर्वजन्तूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — genitive plural; कर्मधारयः (सर्वे जन्तवः)

• शान्तम्: peaceful
• शान्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; विशेषणम् (प्रभुम्)

• मूर्तिस्थितम्: abiding in a form (embodied)
• मूर्तिस्थितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; विशेषणम् (प्रभुम्); सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (मूर्तौ स्थितः)

• प्रभुम्: the Lord
• प्रभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular

• समायातम्: arrived
• समायातम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि) कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — past participle; विशेषणम् (प्रभुम्) ‘having come/arrived’

• महाक्षेत्रे: in the great sacred field
• महाक्षेत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — adverb ‘there’

• कायावरोहणात्: from (the place/event of) descent from the body; from Kāyāvarohaṇa
• कायावरोहणात्: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक) + अवरोहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन — ablative singular; तत्पुरुषः (कायस्य अवरोहणम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Lakulīśvara-māhātmya; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Mahākṣetra (with Kāyāvarohaṇa reference)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene, luminous Śiva in manifest form appears/arrives into the expanse of Prabhāsa Mahākṣetra; the atmosphere is calm, purifying, and protective, with devotees sensing sin-dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhu (Śiva)
• Mahākṣetra (Prabhāsa)
• Kāyāvarohaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s manifested presence in a tīrtha is portrayed as inherently purifying—accessible to all beings and capable of destroying sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa/Mahākṣetra, a principal sacred region praised in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the sanctifying advent/presence of the Lord at the kṣetra.