Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

ततः संपूजयेद्देवं ब्रह्माणं बालरूपिणम् । एवं रौद्री समाख्याता यात्रा पातकनाशिनी

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ brahmāṇaṃ bālarūpiṇam | evaṃ raudrī samākhyātā yātrā pātakanāśinī

Translation

मग बालरूप धारण करणाऱ्या देव ब्रह्म्याची सम्यक पूजा करावी. अशी ‘रौद्री’ नावाची यात्रा पापांचा नाश करणारी आहे.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• संपूजयेत्: should worship fully
• संपूजयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: कर्म (Apposition/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• बालरूपिणम्: having the form of a child
• बालरूपिणम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of ब्रह्माणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (बालस्य रूपम् अस्य)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: प्रकार (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• रौद्री: Rudra-related/raudrī
• रौद्री: विशेषण (Qualifier of यात्रा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• समाख्याता: is called/has been named
• समाख्याता: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यात्रा: pilgrimage/journey
• यात्रा: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• पातकनाशिनी: destroyer of sins
• पातकनाशिनी: विशेषण (Qualifier of यात्रा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पातकस्य नाशिनी)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within the Māhātmya (deduced: Sūta-like narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raudrī-yātrā (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the end of the Raudrī pilgrimage, the devotee worships a child-form Brahmā—four-faced yet youthful—seated on a lotus, while priests proclaim the yātrā as sin-destroying.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Raudrī-yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred travel is not mere movement; it is a dharmic sequence of worship that purifies the pilgrim and removes moral taint (pātaka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the stations within the Raudrī-yātrā route.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Duly worship Brahmā in a child-form as part of the prescribed pilgrimage (yātrā) sequence.