Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

तस्य गव्यूतिमात्रेण क्षेत्रं वस्त्रापथं शुभम् । यद्दृष्ट्वा सर्वपापानि विलीयन्ते बहूनि च

Transliteration

tasya gavyūtimātreṇa kṣetraṃ vastrāpathaṃ śubham | yaddṛṣṭvā sarvapāpāni vilīyante bahūni ca

Translation

ആ ശുഭമായ വസ്ത്രാപഥ ക്ഷേത്രം ഒരു ഗവ്യൂതി മാത്രം വ്യാപ്തിയുള്ളതാണ്; അതിനെ ദർശിച്ചാൽ അനേകം—അഥവാ സർവ്വ—പാപങ്ങളും ലയിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of it/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• गव्यूतिमात्रेण: by (the measure of) one gavyūti only
• गव्यूतिमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्यूति (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (गव्यूतेः मात्रम्)

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• वस्त्रापथम्: Vastrāpatha (place-name)
• वस्त्रापथम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्रापथ (प्रातिपदिक; वस्त्र + पथ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-नाम (स्थलनाम)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (क्षेत्रस्य)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (क्षेत्रं प्रति)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त; "दृष्ट्वा" = having seen

• सर्वपापानि: all sins
• सर्वपापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• विलीयन्ते: dissolve/disappear
• विलीयन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ली (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदी

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (पापानाम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpathakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (implied by adjacent vocative rājan in the sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims crest a sandy path and suddenly behold the boundary of Vastrāpatha—marked by a small torana, flags, and sacred trees—faces softened in wonder as a luminous aura seems to rise from the ground.

Characters & Entities

• Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places carry transformative power: sincere darśana itself is presented as a purifier of accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, praised for immediate purification through mere sight.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (visiting and beholding) of the kṣetra is emphasized as the key act.