Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

जन्मांतरेण यत्पापं सांप्रतं यत्कृतं प्रिये । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति घृतस्नानेन भामिनि

Transliteration

janmāṃtareṇa yatpāpaṃ sāṃprataṃ yatkṛtaṃ priye | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti ghṛtasnānena bhāmini

Translation

ഹേ പ്രിയേ, മുൻജന്മത്തിൽ ചെയ്ത പാപവും ഈ ജന്മത്തിൽ ഇപ്പോൾ ചെയ്ത പാപവും, ഹേ ഭാമിനീ—നെയ്യാൽ അഭിഷേകം ചെയ്താൽ അതെല്ലാം നശിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• जन्मान्तरेण: in/through another birth (previous life)
• जन्मान्तरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular); सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः: अन्यस्मिन् जन्मनि (in another birth)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पापम् इति विशेषणम् (relative pronoun)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

• साम्प्रतम्: now/at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रत (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृतम् इति विशेषणम् (relative pronoun)

• कृतम्: committed/done
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पापम् इत्यर्थे (done/committed)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वम् इति विशेषणम् (correlative)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पापम् इत्यर्थे (all)

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• आयाति: goes/comes (to)
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• घृतस्नानेन: by bathing with ghee
• घृतस्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत + स्नान (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: घृतेन स्नानम्

• भामिनि: O radiant lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī as priye/bhāmini)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as priye/bhāmini)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A golden stream of ghee poured over the liṅga, catching lamplight; dark smoky forms symbolizing past and present sins dissolve into the abhiṣeka flow; the devotee’s face shows relief and contrition, while the shrine remains calm and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Ghṛta (ghee) abhiṣeka
• Sin (pāpa)
• Devī/Pārvatī (priye, bhāmini)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship, when performed as prescribed, is portrayed as a potent means of karmic purification extending across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa liṅga/Vṛṣabheśvara context of this chapter, where ghee-abhiṣeka is said to destroy sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ghṛta-snāna—ritual bathing/abhiṣeka with ghee.