Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं तथा दारिद्र्यनाशनम् । दृष्ट्वा हिरण्मयेशानं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ tathā dāridryanāśanam | dṛṣṭvā hiraṇmayeśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

ഇത് സർവ്വപാപശമനവും ദാരിദ്ര്യനാശനവും ആകുന്നു. ഹിരൺമയേശാനെ ദർശിച്ചമാത്രത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യൻ എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: pacification/removal of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/उपपद-अर्थे (also/and likewise)

• दारिद्र्यनाशनम्: destruction of poverty
• दारिद्र्यनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दारिद्र्यस्य नाशनम्)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल (having seen)

• हिरण्मयेशानम्: the golden Lord (Īśāna)
• हिरण्मयेशानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक) + ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (हिरण्मयः ईशानः)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is released)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hiraṇmayeśāna (Hiraṇyeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant golden Śiva-liṅga (Hiraṇmayeśāna) in a sanctum; devotees receive immediate relief—darkness of sin dissolving, symbols of poverty (empty bowl, torn cloth) transforming into fullness and light.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sight (darśana) of the Lord at a holy place is portrayed as transformative—erasing sin and alleviating misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hiraṇyeśvara associated with Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights darśana (beholding) as the key act; no additional rite is specified here.