Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्थातव्यं हरिसंनिधौ । अम्बरीषस्य राजर्षेः स्थानके पापनाशने

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena sthātavyaṃ harisaṃnidhau | ambarīṣasya rājarṣeḥ sthānake pāpanāśane

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് സർവ്വശ്രമത്തോടെയും ഹരിയുടെ സന്നിധിയിൽ നിലകൊള്ളണം—രാജർഷി അംബരീഷനുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട പാപനാശക പുണ്യസ്ഥാനത്ത്।

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूपेण पञ्चमी-एकवचनप्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् (ablatival indeclinable sense: 'therefore/from that')

• sarva-prayatnena: with all effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (sarvaḥ prayatnaḥ)

• sthātavyam: one should stay/stand
• sthātavyam: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) → sthātavya (कृदन्त, तव्यत्)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive; obligation), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेयभावः (it is to be done)

• hari-saṃnidhau: in the presence of Hari
• hari-saṃnidhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃnidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (hareḥ saṃnidhau)

• ambarīṣasya: of Ambarīṣa
• ambarīṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambarīṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• rājarṣeḥ: of the royal sage
• rājarṣeḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājarṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• sthānake: at the place/shrine
• sthānake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthānaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• pāpa-nāśane: in (the place) that destroys sins
• pāpa-nāśane: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pāpānāṃ nāśane); विशेषणम् (sthānake)

Speaker

Narrator/Ṛṣi addressing the King (contextual speaker within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambarīṣa-sthānaka (pāpa-nāśana) at Hari-sannidhi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājan / nṛpasattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims setting up a simple camp or dharmaśālā near Hari’s temple; a marker-stone or small shrine indicates ‘Ambarīṣa-sthāna’; the atmosphere conveys resolve and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Ambarīṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deliberate proximity to the deity at a sanctified place is recommended as a direct means of sin-destruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘sthānaka’ (holy station) of the royal sage Ambarīṣa, described as pāpa-nāśana, near Hari’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A clear prescription: make the effort to stay/abide in Hari’s vicinity at the sacred station.