Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

अगम्यागमनं यैश्च कृतं ज्ञानाच्च मानवैः । अन्यानि पातकान्येवं नश्यंते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

agamyāgamanaṃ yaiśca kṛtaṃ jñānācca mānavaiḥ | anyāni pātakānyevaṃ naśyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ജ്ഞാനപൂർവം അഗമ്യാഗമനപാപവും മറ്റു പാതകങ്ങളും ചെയ്ത മനുഷ്യരുടെ പാപങ്ങൾ പോലും ഈവിധം നശിക്കുന്നു; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।

Word by Word

• अगम्यागमनम्: going to the forbidden (illicit approach)
• अगम्यागमनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म; of कृतम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगम्य-आगमन (प्रातिपदिक; अगम्य + आगमन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (अगम्यं यद् आगमनम्)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Agent-instrument; ‘by whom’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Result state; ‘done’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे

• ज्ञानात्: from knowledge/knowingly
• ज्ञानात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• मानवैः: by men/humans
• मानवैः: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive; ‘by men’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पातकानि)

• पातकानि: sins
• पातकानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता; of नश्यन्ते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थ (manner adverb)

• नश्यन्ते: perish/are destroyed
• नश्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject; ‘doubt’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha complex)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the Prabhāsa sacred precinct, solemnly resolving to abandon transgression; a serene tīrtha landscape with a well/kuṇḍa nearby and distant temple spires, conveying purification and moral renewal.

Characters & Entities

• Pātaka (sins)
• Agamyāgamana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-practice done as instructed is presented as a powerful means of purification, even for serious wrongs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (and the immediately discussed Sāvitrī-sthala rites) are the purifying context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

By performing the stated pilgrimage observances (yātrā-vidhi/pradakṣiṇā with prescribed dāna), sins are said to be destroyed.