Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अन्यानि तत्र तीर्थानि बहूनि च वरानने । स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वकिल्बिषैः

Transliteration

anyāni tatra tīrthāni bahūni ca varānane | snātvā dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā muktaḥ syātsarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Translation

ഹേ സുന്ദരമുഖീ! അവിടെ മറ്റു പല തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും ഉണ്ട്. അവയിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, ദർശനം ചെയ്ത്, പൂജിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ്വ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും മോചിതനാകും।

Word by Word

• anyāni: other
• anyāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• tīrthāni: pilgrimage places
• tīrthāni: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural)

• bahūni: many
• bahūni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural)

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

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular); समासः वर + आनन (कर्मधारय)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘स्ना’ धातोः (having bathed)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘दृश्’ धातोः (having seen)

• pūjayitvā: having worshipped
• pūjayitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), णिच् (causative) रूपेण ‘पूजय्’ (having worshipped)

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मुच् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• syāt: would be / becomes
• syāt: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ: Apādāna/Hetu (Cause/Separation: from sins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural); समासः सर्व + किल्बिष (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha-samūha (cluster)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (addressed as varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of pilgrims moving from one tīrtha to another, bathing at small kundas/river-edges, then offering flowers and lamps at shrines; the landscape is dotted with sacred markers.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (implied by address varānane)
• tīrthas of Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed through a triad—snāna (bathing), darśana (reverent seeing), and pūjā (worship)—leading to purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse broadly glorifies the many tīrthas situated in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), darśana (visitation/seeing), and pūjā (worship) at the tīrthas.