Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पितॄन्हत्वा सुमाली च तमाराधितवान्पुरा । सोऽपि मुक्तोऽभवद्देवि पापात्पितृवधोद्भवात्

Transliteration

pitṝnhatvā sumālī ca tamārādhitavānpurā | so'pi mukto'bhavaddevi pāpātpitṛvadhodbhavāt

Translation

Dan Sumālī juga—yang dahulu telah membunuh para leluhurnya—memuja Dia (Śiva) dengan bhakti; wahai Dewi, ia pun terbebas dari dosa yang timbul karena pembunuhan leluhur.

Word by Word

• pitṝn: fathers/forefathers
• pitṝn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• hatvā: having killed
• hatvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• sumālī: Sumālī
• sumālī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sumālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• tam: him (that Lord)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ārādhitavān: worshipped; propitiated
• ārādhitavān: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rādh (धातु)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; (आ + राध्)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-शब्दः (also/even)

• muktaḥ: was freed
• muktaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• abhavat: became; was
• abhavat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• pitṛvadhodbhavāt: arising from the killing of (his) father(s)
• pitṛvadhodbhavāt: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pitṛ-vadha-udbhava (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + वध + उद्भव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; (पापात् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्—'pitṛvadhodbhavāt pāpāt')

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context; listener addressed as Devī)

Characters & Entities

• Sumālī
• Devī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even extremely grave wrongdoing is said to be alleviated through sincere propitiation of Śiva at a powerful tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kumāreśvara context within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) of Śiva as a means of purification.