Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 171

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठस्य पूर्णिमायां तु सावित्रीस्थलसंनिधौ । पठेद्यो ब्रह्मसूक्तानि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhasya pūrṇimāyāṃ tu sāvitrīsthalasaṃnidhau | paṭhedyo brahmasūktāni mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Pada hari purnama bulan Jyeṣṭha, di dekat tempat suci Sāvitrī, sesiapa yang melagukan Brahma-sūkta akan terlepas daripada segala dosa.

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठस्य: of (the month) Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘ज्येष्ठ’ मासस्य

• पूर्णिमायाम्: on the full-moon day
• पूर्णिमायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and (emphatic)
• तु: Discourse particle (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• सावित्री-स्थल-संनिधौ: near the Sāvitrī site
• सावित्री-स्थल-संनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थल (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (सावित्र्याः स्थलस्य संनिधौ)

• पठेत्: should recite
• पठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष?—न; तृतीयपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्म-सूक्तानि: the Brahman hymns
• ब्रह्म-सूक्तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः सूक्तानि)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), तृतीयपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्व-पातकैः: from all sins
• सर्व-पातकैः: Apadana (Separation/ablatival sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-sthala (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame listener(s) in the Prabhāsa-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Full moon over Prabhāsa; near Sāvitrī shrine a seated reciter chants Vedic sūktas from palm-leaf/mental svādhyāya, surrounded by attentive pilgrims; moonlight and lamp-light mingle, suggesting pāpa-kṣaya through sound.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā
• Sāvitrī-sthala
• Brahma-sūktas
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (pūrṇimā), sacred place (Sāvitrī-sthala), and sacred speech (sūkta-pāṭha) together are taught as powerful means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāvitrī-sthala in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā, recite the Brahma-sūktas near Sāvitrī-sthala to be freed from sins.