Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सुवर्णं तत्र देयं तु अजिनं कंबलं तथा । मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैः सप्तजन्मकृतैरपि

Transliteration

suvarṇaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu ajinaṃ kaṃbalaṃ tathā | mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ saptajanmakṛtairapi

Translation

അവിടെ സ്വർണം, അജിനം (മൃഗചർമ്മം) കൂടാതെ കമ്പളം ദാനം ചെയ്യണം; അതിനാൽ ഏഴ് ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ ചെയ്ത പാപങ്ങളിലെയും എല്ലാറ്റിലെയും നിന്ന് മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• देयम्: to be given / should be given
• देयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (यत्) ‘देय’ = ‘to be given’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrast particle)

• अजिनम्: deerskin
• अजिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कम्बलम्: blanket
• कम्बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: also / likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (also/likewise)

• मुच्यते: is freed / is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• पातकैः: by sins / from sins
• पातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पातकैः)

• सप्तजन्मकृतैः: done over seven births
• सप्तजन्मकृतैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त-जन्म-कृत (प्रातिपदिक); सप्त (संख्या) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तजन्मसु कृताः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पातकैः)

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even/also)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) to Devī (deduced from surrounding dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Ṛṣitoyā context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor offers gold, deer-skin, and blanket at Prabhāsa; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into light around the donor, symbolizing release from seven-birth karmas; temple and sea breeze in background.

Characters & Entities

• dāna (charity)
• pātaka (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma elevates tīrtha-dāna as a powerful means of purification, extending even to karmic burdens from past births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Ṛṣitoyā-nadī māhātmya portion of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform dāna—especially gold, deer-skin, and a blanket—at the sacred locale to obtain pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sins).