Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यस्तान्पूजयते भक्त्या स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्

Transliteration

yastānpūjayate bhaktyā sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet

Translation

जो त्या लिंगांची भक्तीने पूजा करतो तो सर्व पातकांपासून मुक्त होतो।

Word by Word

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

• tān: those (liṅgas)
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; liṃgānām निर्देशः

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

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

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (freed)

• pātakaiḥ: from sins
• pātakaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (अपादानार्थे/हेतोः), बहुवचन; ‘पातकैः’ = पातकेभ्यः इव (from sins)

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañca-liṅga (Pāṇḍava-pratiṣṭhita) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before five liṅgas with folded hands; a subtle radiance lifts from the worshipper, symbolizing sins falling away; lamps and bilva offerings emphasize bhakti-driven purification.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pāṇḍaveśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti directed to Śiva at a consecrated shrine is presented as a direct means of pāpa-kṣaya (removal of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pāṇḍaveśvara shrine-area within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, centered on the worship of the established liṅgas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional worship (bhaktyā pūjā) of the specified liṅgas.