Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

यदा वस्त्रापथे गत्वा भवं भावेन पूजयेत् । सुराधिपस्तदा भूयो ब्रह्महत्याविवर्जितः

Transliteration

yadā vastrāpathe gatvā bhavaṃ bhāvena pūjayet | surādhipastadā bhūyo brahmahatyāvivarjitaḥ

Translation

ദേവാധിപൻ വസ്ത്രാപഥത്തിൽ ചെന്നു ഭക്തിഭാവത്തോടെ ഭവൻ (ശിവൻ)നെ പൂജിക്കുമ്പോൾ, അവൻ വീണ്ടും ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാപാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb/conjunction)

• वस्त्रापथे: in/at Vastrāpatha
• वस्त्रापथे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्रापथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वस्त्राणां पथः)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• भावेन: with devotion/feeling
• भावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• सुराधिपः: lord of the gods (Indra)
• सुराधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् अधिपः)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• ब्रह्महत्याविवर्जितः: free from the sin of brahma-slaughter
• ब्रह्महत्याविवर्जितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्महत्यायाः विवर्जितः = free from brahma-slaughter)

Speaker

Narrative voice (Māhātmya instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, lord of gods, arrives at Vastrāpatha and worships Bhava (Śiva) with deep feeling; a dark stain of brahma-hatyā lifts, symbolized by departing shadow or broken chain.

Characters & Entities

• Vastrāpatha
• Śiva (Bhava)
• Indra (Surādhipa)
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere devotion to Śiva at a consecrated tīrtha can purify even grievous sin, restoring spiritual and cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, praised as a place where worship of Bhava (Śiva) grants powerful purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Going to Vastrāpatha and performing bhāva-pūjā (devotional worship) of Bhava (Śiva) as a form of expiation.