Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या पश्येद्वा भावितात्मवान् । नाशयेत्तस्य पापानि सप्तजन्मार्जितान्यपि

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā paśyedvā bhāvitātmavān | nāśayettasya pāpāni saptajanmārjitānyapi

Translation

ആരെങ്കിലും ഭക്തിയോടെ അതിനെ പൂജിക്കുകയോ, ശുദ്ധഭാവത്തോടെ ദർശിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്താൽ—അവന്റെ ഏഴ് ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ സമ്പാദിച്ച പാപങ്ങളും (ഭഗവാൻ) നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तम्: him/that (liṅga)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• पश्येत्: may see/sees
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• भावितात्मवान्: one whose mind/self is purified/imbued (devout)
• भावितात्मवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित + आत्मन् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक-निर्माण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—भावितः आत्मा यस्य सः; ‘भावित’ = √भू/√भाव् + क्त (cultivated/imbued)

• नाशयेत्: would destroy/remove
• नाशयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश्/√नाशय् (धातु; causative of √नश्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• सप्तजन्मार्जितानि: acquired over seven births
• सप्तजन्मार्जितानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + जन्म + अर्जित (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पापानि इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्; समासः—सप्त जन्मानि (द्विगु) + अर्जित (√अर्ज् + क्त) → सप्तजन्मार्जित

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mṛtyuñjayeśa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims approach the liṅga with folded hands; one devotee stands still, eyes softened in contemplation (bhāvitātman). A subtle dark mist (sins) dissolves into light around the devotee as the liṅga radiates calm power.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛtyuñjayeśa Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship and even reverent darśana in a tīrtha are portrayed as transformative, dissolving deep karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mṛtyuñjayeśa Liṅga at Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-pūjā (devotional worship) and darśana (reverent seeing) with a purified mind.