Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तिष्ठामि देवेशि भक्तानुग्रहकारकः । सर्वं च दुष्कृतं नृणां भक्षयामि न संशयः

Transliteration

tasmiṃstiṣṭhāmi deveśi bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ | sarvaṃ ca duṣkṛtaṃ nṛṇāṃ bhakṣayāmi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

おお女神よ、われはそこに住し、信愛の者に恩寵を授ける者となる。しかして人々の一切の悪業を呑み尽くす—疑いはない。

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• तिष्ठामि: I stand/abide
• तिष्ठामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवेशि: O goddess (lady of the gods)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• भक्तानुग्रहकारकः: one who bestows grace on devotees
• भक्तानुग्रहकारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त + अनुग्रह + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-समासः (भक्तानाम् अनुग्रहं करोति इति)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (दुष्कृतम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुष्कृतम्: evil deed/sin
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• भक्षयामि: I consume/destroy
• भक्षयामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ इति नास्ति-भावः

Speaker

Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī: seated in a luminous kṣetra, he gestures in assurance while dark scroll-like ‘sins’ are shown being consumed in a flame of consciousness; devotees stand protected below.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Prabhāsa
• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti draws Śiva’s grace, and the tīrtha becomes a place of karmic cleansing when approached with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra, where Śiva abides as Someśvara/Bhairava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional approach (bhakti) and darśana are implied as the means by which sins are destroyed.