Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततः पार्थेश्वरं गच्छेदेवं पातकनाशनम् । यं दृष्ट्वा मानवः सम्यङ्मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | tataḥ pārtheśvaraṃ gacchedevaṃ pātakanāśanam | yaṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavaḥ samyaṅmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

പുലസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അതിന് ശേഷം പാപനാശകനായ പാർഥേശ്വരനിലേക്കു പോകണം; അവനെ സമ്യക് ദർശിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനാകും।

Word by Word

• pulastyaḥ: Pulastya
• pulastyaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय; tad-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) क्रम/अनन्तरार्थ (thereafter)

• pārtheśvaram: Pārtheśvara (lord of Pārtha/place-name)
• pārtheśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पार्थस्य ईश्वरः)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• evam: thus, in this way
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• pātakanāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pātakanāśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पातकस्य नाशनम्)

• yam: whom
• yam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (whom)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

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

• samyak: completely, properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• sarvapātakaiḥ: from all sins
• sarvapātakaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pārtheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (māhātmya-listener; traditionally Bhīṣma/Yudhiṣṭhira-type frame, but here addressed as 'māhīpate')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches the shrine of Pārtheśvara; the liṅga is central, with lamps and offerings; the atmosphere conveys immediate purification through darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Pārtheśvara
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā and darśana of a sanctified Śiva-liṅga are taught as direct means of pāpa-kṣaya (dissolution of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pārtheśvara—presented as a sin-destroying Śaiva sacred spot within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa itinerary.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go (gacchet) to Pārtheśvara for darśana; the verse highlights the merit of seeing the shrine.