Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र सिद्धो महादेवि रूपकुंडलहारकः । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो देवि मुच्येत्स्तेयकृतादघात्

Transliteration

yatra siddho mahādevi rūpakuṃḍalahārakaḥ | tatra snātvā naro devi mucyetsteyakṛtādaghāt

Translation

大女神よ、そこは「美しき耳飾りを奪う者」と呼ばれる成就者が成就を得た場所である。そこで沐浴する者は、盗みによって生じた罪から解放される。

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “where”)

• सिद्धः: a Siddha (perfected being)
• सिद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-रूपेण (as a substantive: “a Siddha”)

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādevī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• रूपकुण्डलहारकः: the ‘earring-form’ thief
• रूपकुण्डलहारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa + kuṇḍala + hāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष (rūpa-kuṇḍala-hārakaḥ = “one who takes/steals the form of earrings”)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “there”)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), “having bathed”

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• मुच्येत्: would be freed
• मुच्येत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (passive sense: “would be released”)

• स्तेयकृतात्: from (sin) caused by theft
• स्तेयकृतात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: steya + kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (अघ-शब्दस्य अपेक्षया), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (steya-kṛta = “done as theft/caused by theft”)

• अघात्: from sin
• अघात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued instruction to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava-kūpa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the well of Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava, a siddha figure—remembered as the ‘stealer of beautiful earrings’—is shown in austerity and then in radiant accomplishment; pilgrims bathe, symbolically washing away the stain of theft.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Siddha
• Rūpakuṇḍala-hāraka
• Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava-kūpa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā can function as purificatory expiation (prāyaścitta) when joined to sacred place-power and sincere intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing spot at/around Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava-kūpa associated with the siddha Rūpakuṇḍala-hāraka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the specified tīrtha for release from theft-related sin.