Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 149

Devanagari script

विलयं यांति पापानि जन्मकोटिकृतान्यपि । वृथा संन्यासिनां पुण्यं वृथा च वनवासिनाम्

Transliteration

vilayaṃ yāṃti pāpāni janmakoṭikṛtānyapi | vṛthā saṃnyāsināṃ puṇyaṃ vṛthā ca vanavāsinām

Translation

«ບາບທັງຫຼາຍ—ແມ່ນແຕ່ທີ່ເຮັດມາຕະຫຼອດກຳເນີດນັບໂກດິ—ກໍລະລາຍຫາຍໄປ. ທຽບກັບນີ້ ບຸນຂອງຜູ້ສະຫຼະໂລກ ແລະຂອງຜູ້ຢູ່ປ່າ ກໍເຫມືອນຈະເປົ່າປ່ຽວ»។

Word by Word

• विलयम्: dissolution, destruction
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• यान्ति: go, proceed (reach)
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Present indicative 3rd plural

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• जन्मकोटिकृतानि: done in crores of births
• जन्मकोटिकृतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म + कोटि + कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (पापानि) विशेषण; ‘made/committed over crores of births’

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); emphatic/concessive

• वृथा: in vain, fruitless
• वृथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• संन्यासिनाम्: of renunciants
• संन्यासिनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संन्यासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• पुण्यम्: merit, religious merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• वृथा: in vain
• वृथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वनवासिनाम्: of forest-dwellers
• वनवासिनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

Speaker

Pretāḥ (departed spirits)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-tīra (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dark smoke-like ‘sins’ labeled as burdens from many births dissolve into the riverlight; ascetics in the background (saṃnyāsins, forest hermits) bow toward the tīrtha, acknowledging a higher grace.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa emphasizes the extraordinary grace of a divinely-charged tīrtha and bhakti, capable of dissolving vast karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomatī tīrtha (in the surrounding context of Dvārakā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified in this verse; it declares the scale of pāpa-kṣaya achieved through the praised means.