Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अन्यजन्मकृतान्येव पापानि सुबहून्यपि । नाशमायांति सर्वाणि तथैवामुष्मिकाणि तु

Transliteration

anyajanmakṛtānyeva pāpāni subahūnyapi | nāśamāyāṃti sarvāṇi tathaivāmuṣmikāṇi tu

Translation

ಇತರೆ ಜನ್ಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಎಷ್ಟೇ ಪಾಪಗಳಿದ್ದರೂ ಅವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ನಾಶವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಪರಲೋಕಸಂಬಂಧಿಯಾದ ಪಾಪಗಳೂ ಕ್ಷಯವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ।

Word by Word

• anya-janma-kṛtāni: done in another birth
• anya-janma-kṛtāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (√kṛ धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘pāpāni’); समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘other-birth-done’ = done in another birth)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• su-bahūni: very many
• su-bahūni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘pāpāni’); समासः—कर्मधारय (‘very many’)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive/also)

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• āyānti: go/come (reach)
• āyānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: ā-

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘pāpāni’)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in the same way)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• āmuṣmikāṇi: pertaining to the next world
• āmuṣmikāṇi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āmuṣmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (elliptically qualifying ‘pāpāni’ = ‘sins of the other world/next life’)

• tu: but/and indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced, continuous māhātmya statement of फलश्रुति)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhīmeśa (Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee beholds Bhīmeśa; dark karmic shadows dissolve into light, symbolizing destruction of sins from other births and the pacification of afterlife torments.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmeśvara (context)
• Prabhāsa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-darśana and devotion are portrayed as karmically transformative, dissolving deep-seated sins across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhīmeśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied by immediate context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is listed; the emphasis is on the salvific fruit (pāpa-nāśa) connected with the sacred site.