Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

धर्मं चरंत्यधर्मं वा शिवं यांति न संशयः

Transliteration

dharmaṃ caraṃtyadharmaṃ vā śivaṃ yāṃti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Sama ada mereka mengamalkan dharma atau adharma, mereka tetap mencapai Śiva—tiada keraguan.

Word by Word

• धर्मम्: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• चरन्ति: they practice
• चरन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अधर्मम्: adharma, unrighteousness
• अधर्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• शिवम्: Śiva (state/abode of Śiva)
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यान्ति: they go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: no/not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, speaking to Devī/Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A threshold scene: people of mixed conduct entering Prabhāsa; a radiant Śiva-light draws all toward a single path culminating in Śiva’s abode, while dark karmic clouds disperse at the kṣetra boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya stresses kṣetra-prabhāva: Prabhāsa is portrayed as so spiritually potent that it leads beings to Śiva beyond ordinary karmic calculations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse functions as a bold assurance of the site’s salvific power.