Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं स्थापितं सत्यभामया । कृष्णस्य कान्तया देवि रूपौदार्यसमेतया

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sthāpitaṃ satyabhāmayā | kṛṣṇasya kāntayā devi rūpaudāryasametayā

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി! സർവ്വപാപശമനകരമായ ആ പുണ്യസ്ഥലം സത്യഭാമയാണ് സ്ഥാപിച്ചത്—ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണന്റെ പ്രിയകാന്ത, രൂപവും ഔദാര്യവും സമന്വിതയായവൾ।

Word by Word

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: the pacification of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Karma/Predicate-noun (Object/कर्म or complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्)

• स्थापितम्: established
• स्थापितम्: Kriya (Participial predicate/कृदन्तक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्थापितम्’ (established)

• सत्यभामया: by Satyabhāmā
• सत्यभामया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यभामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन

• कान्तया: by (his) beloved consort
• कान्तया: Kartr-karana (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘कृष्णस्य कान्ता’ = प्रियपत्नी

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• रूपौदार्यसमेतया: endowed with beauty and generosity
• रूपौदार्यसमेतया: Karana (Accompaniment/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप + औदार्य + समेत (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + इ (धातु) से क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रूपेण औदार्येण च समेता) विशेषणम् (कान्तया/सत्यभामया)

Speaker

Unknown (contextually within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satyabhāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satyabhāmā, radiant and noble, establishes (pratiṣṭhā) a liṅga/shrine named Satyabhāmeśvara; the act is portrayed as sin-pacifying for all beings, with attendants, lamps, and Vedic chanting in a coastal temple setting.

Characters & Entities

• Satyabhāmā
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional establishment and worship of a sacred site leads to universal purification (sarva-pāpa-śamana).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satyabhāmeśvara within Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it states the origin and sin-destroying power of the स्थापना (establishment) by Satyabhāmā.