Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यस्मादृणात्प्रमुच्येत अस्य लिंगस्य दर्शनात् । तस्मान्मया कृतं नाम ह्येतस्य ऋणमोचनम्

Transliteration

yasmādṛṇātpramucyeta asya liṃgasya darśanāt | tasmānmayā kṛtaṃ nāma hyetasya ṛṇamocanam

Translation

ഈ ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ ദർശനം മാത്രത്താൽ തന്നെ ഋണത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നതിനാൽ, ഞാൻ ഇതിന് ‘ഋണമോചന’ എന്ന നാമം നൽകിയിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: from which/wherefrom
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• ऋणात्: from debt
• ऋणात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative), एकवचनम्

• प्रमुच्येत: would be released
• प्रमुच्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (passive sense)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्

• दर्शनात्: from seeing; by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative), एकवचनम्

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• कृतम्: made; given
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘नाम’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (सम्बोधन/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)
• Form: निपातः (particle)

• एतस्य: of this
• एतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• ऋणमोचनम्: release from debt
• ऋणमोचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण + मोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ऋणस्य मोचनम्)

Speaker

Īśvara/Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana (liṅga)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutors in the Prabhāsa narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The liṅga stands as the focal icon; a pilgrim’s gaze meets it, and symbolic ledgers/knots of debt dissolve; a divine voice declares the name ‘Ṛṇamocana’.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṇamocana
• Liṅga-darśana
• Ṛṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (sacred seeing) is itself a potent spiritual act when connected to a consecrated emblem and a dharmic purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ṛṇamocana Liṅga site within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of the liṅga is highlighted as efficacious; in context it accompanies snāna and pūjā.