Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तावद्गर्जंति पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च । यावन्न दृश्यते देवी प्रभासस्था सर स्वती

Transliteration

tāvadgarjaṃti pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca | yāvanna dṛśyate devī prabhāsasthā sara svatī

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാദി പാപങ്ങൾ, പ്രഭാസത്തിൽ അധിവസിക്കുന്ന ദേവി സരസ്വതിയുടെ ദർശനം ലഭിക്കാത്തതുവരെ മാത്രമേ ഗർജ്ജിക്കൂ।

Word by Word

• tāvat: so long
• tāvat: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/कालवाचक (as long as/so long)

• garjanti: roar
• garjanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: garj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• brahma-hatyā-ādikāni: such as brahmin-slaying etc.
• brahma-hatyā-ādikāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + hatyā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्महत्यादि येषां तानि)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपातः (conjunction)

• yāvat: until/as long as
• yāvat: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्धे (as long as/until)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• dṛśyate: is seen/appears
• dṛśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive)

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prabhāsa-sthā: dwelling at Prabhāsa
• prabhāsa-sthā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + sthā (धातु) → sthā (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (स्थ/स्थाः-प्रत्ययान्त ‘sthā’ = स्थित), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासे स्थिता)

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī
• sarasvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī Vāk (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Sarasvatī-darśana (Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified sins (dark, roaring forms) retreat and fall silent as the radiant Goddess Sarasvatī is beheld at Prabhāsa, with the sea-breeze and tīrtha-bank in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Prabhāsa
• brahma-hatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The vision and approach of a supremely sanctified deity-and-tīrtha dissolve even the loudest, most terrifying burdens of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarasvatī dwelling at Prabhāsa (Prabhāsakṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeking the vision/presence) of Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa is presented as the decisive remedy; it implies pilgrimage and tīrtha observances.