Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

गयाश्राद्धफलं कृत्यं तेषां देवि भविष्यति त्वद्दर्शनात्तथा मुक्तिः पातकस्य भविष्यति

Transliteration

gayāśrāddhaphalaṃ kṛtyaṃ teṣāṃ devi bhaviṣyati tvaddarśanāttathā muktiḥ pātakasya bhaviṣyati

Translation

Wahai Dewi, upacara itu akan menghasilkan buah yang sama seperti Gayā-śrāddha; dan dengan darśana-mu, akan ada pembebasan daripada dosa.

Word by Word

• gayā-śrāddha-phalam: the fruit of the Gayā-śrāddha
• gayā-śrāddha-phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (गया) + śrāddha (श्राद्ध) + phala (फल)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (determinative): गयायां श्राद्धस्य फलम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• kṛtyam: proper/efficacious (as a rite)
• kṛtyam: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + yat (यत्)
• Form: कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्तं कृदन्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (to be done/fit to be performed → here ‘effective/meritorious’)

• teṣām: of them/for them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• tvat-darśanāt: from seeing you/by your दर्शन
• tvat-darśanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद्) + darśana (दर्शन)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: तव दर्शनम्; पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गम्

• tathā: also/thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb)

• muktiḥ: liberation, release
• muktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (मुक्ति) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• pātakasya: of sin
• pātakasya: Sambandha (Of-relationship/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (पातक) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Devi-tīrtha (Arbuda-khaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (vocative ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee couple completes piṇḍadāna and then approaches a Devi sanctum; the Goddess is shown as compassionate yet powerful, granting pāpa-vimocana; a subtle visual cue references Gayā (e.g., a symbolic footmark/viṣṇupada motif) to indicate equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Gayā
• Śrāddha
• Darśana
• Pātaka (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can grant fruits comparable to famed pilgrimage centers, and Devī-darśana is affirmed as sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-kṣetra āśrama/tīrtha is praised as conferring results equal to Gayā-śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha-related piṇḍa rites (implied from the previous verse) and Devī-darśana as a means for pāpa-mukti.