Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तत्कालान्तरमारभ्य उग्रसेनेश्वरोऽभवत् । पापघ्नं सर्वजंतूनां दर्शनात्स्पर्शनादपि

Transliteration

tatkālāntaramārabhya ugraseneśvaro'bhavat | pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi

Translation

അന്നുമുതൽ അദ്ദേഹം ഉഗ്രസേനേശ്വരൻ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായി. എല്ലാ ജീവികളുടെയും പാപം നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ—ദർശനത്താലും സ്പർശത്താലും പോലും.

Word by Word

• तत्कालान्तरम्: after that time / thereafter
• तत्कालान्तरम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + काल + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्मिन् काले अन्तरम्)

• आरभ्य: starting from
• आरभ्य: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + रभ् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (absolutive in -ya; ‘starting from’)

• उग्रसेनेश्वरः: lord of Ugrasena / Ugraseneśvara
• उग्रसेनेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्रसेन + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (उग्रसेनस्य ईश्वरः)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापघ्नम्: destroyer of sins
• पापघ्नम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (उग्रसेनेश्वरम्/तत्-तीर्थम्); तत्पुरुषः (पापं हन्ति)

• सर्वजन्तूनाम्: of all beings
• सर्वजन्तूनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वे जन्तवः)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing / by sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• स्पर्शनात्: from touching / by touch
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ugraseneśvara (at Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, a newly renowned Śiva-liṅga is hailed as Ugraseneśvara; pilgrims approach with folded hands, some touching the pedestal, others receiving darśana, while the sea-breeze and tīrtha ambience suggest universal purification.

Characters & Entities

• Ugraseneśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas and liṅgas carry purifying power; approaching them with reverence brings cleansing of pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ugraseneśvara (a Śiva-liṅga) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing) and sparśana (touching) are presented as efficacious devotional acts for purification.