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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अगस्त्यस्याऽश्रमे रम्ये नृणां पापभयापहे । तत्र गंगेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा अभक्ष्योद्भवपातकात् । मुच्यते नात्र संदेहः स्नानदानजपादिना

Transliteration

agastyasyā'śrame ramye nṛṇāṃ pāpabhayāpahe | tatra gaṃgeśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā abhakṣyodbhavapātakāt | mucyate nātra saṃdehaḥ snānadānajapādinā

Translation

Di āśrama Agastya yang indah, yang melenyapkan takut akan dosa bagi manusia, dengan memandang Gaṅgeśvara seseorang terbebas dari dosa yang timbul dari makanan terlarang—tanpa ragu; terlebih melalui mandi suci, sedekah, japa, dan sebagainya.

Word by Word
अगस्त्यस्यof Agastya
अगस्त्यस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन
आश्रमेin the hermitage
आश्रमे:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
रम्येpleasant/beautiful
रम्ये:
Adhikarana qualifier
TypeAdjective
Rootरम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (आश्रमे)
नृणाम्of men/people
नृणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
पाप-भय-अपहेremoving fear of sin
पाप-भय-अपहे:
Adhikarana qualifier (of आश्रम)
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप + भय + अपह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—पापभयम् अपहन्ति इति/अपहः (remover of fear of sin)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय
गंगेश्वरम्Gangeśvara
गंगेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object of seeing/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formअव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा/gerund), ‘having seen’
अभक्ष्य-उद्भव-पातकात्from the sin arising from eating what is forbidden
अभक्ष्य-उद्भव-पातकात्:
Apadana (Source/अपा दान)
TypeNoun
Rootअभक्ष्य + उद्भव + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—अभक्ष्यात् उद्भवम् पातकम् (sin arising from forbidden food)
मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे—‘is released’
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
अत्रhere/in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय
संदेहःdoubt
संदेहः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसंदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन
स्नान-दान-जप-आदिनाby (acts) such as bathing, charity, and recitation
स्नान-दान-जप-आदिना:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान + दान + जप + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—स्नानं दानं जपश्च (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व) + आदि; ‘by means such as bathing, giving, recitation’
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgeśvara at Agastya-āśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene hermitage-temple setting: Agastya’s āśrama with a Śiva-liṅga named Gaṅgeśvara; pilgrims approach after bathing, offering water, bilva leaves, and gifts; the atmosphere emphasizes release from guilt and fear.

Characters & Entities
A
Agastya
G
Gaṅgeśvara
G
Gaṅgā (implied by Gaṅgeśvara context)

FAQs

Pilgrimage and devotion, joined with ethical repair through rites, can cleanse even serious transgressions.

Gaṅgeśvara at Agastya’s āśrama in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

Snāna (bathing), dāna (charity), and japa (recitation) are recommended alongside darśana of Gaṅgeśvara.

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