Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवं च ऋणमोचनम् । तस्मिन्दृष्टे ऋणं न स्यान्मातापितृसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ ca ṛṇamocanam | tasmindṛṣṭe ṛṇaṃ na syānmātāpitṛsamudbhavam

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ മഹാദേവി, ‘ഋണമോചനൻ’ എന്ന ദേവനെ സമീപിക്കണം. അദ്ദേഹത്തെ ദർശിച്ചാൽ മാതാപിതാക്കളിൽ നിന്നുദ്ഭവിക്കുന്ന ഋണം (പിതൃഋണം) ശേഷിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverb)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

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

• ṛṇamocanam: the Debt-remover (name/epithet)
• ṛṇamocanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṇa-mocana (प्रातिपदिक; ऋण + मोचन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म; देवस्य विशेषण-नाम (appositive epithet)

• tasmin: in that (place/thing)
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• dṛṣṭe: when (it is) seen
• dṛṣṭe: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle/कृत्-प्रत्यय), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• ṛṇam: debt
• ṛṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• syāt: would be; should exist
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mātāpitṛsamudbhavam: arising from mother and father (ancestral)
• mātāpitṛsamudbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātā-pitṛ-samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक; माता + पितृ + समुद्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ṛṇam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana-deva (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī to proceed to the Ṛṇamocana deity; a pilgrim couple approaches a small shrine labeled ‘Ṛṇamocana’, while subtle ancestral figures fade from a burdened aura to a relieved calm.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Ṛṇamocana Deva
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred darśana at a tīrtha can resolve deep karmic obligations, including ancestral duties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ṛṇamocana deity-site within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To go and take darśana of Ṛṇamocana Deva (pilgrimage and holy sight).