Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

गुरोर्नैरृत्यदिग्भागे स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम् । अपि कृत्वा महापापं नारी वा पुरुषोऽपि वा

Transliteration

gurornairṛtyadigbhāge sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | api kṛtvā mahāpāpaṃ nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā

Translation

Di penjuru barat daya tempat suci Guru berdiri suatu yang memusnahkan dosa. Walau seorang wanita atau lelaki telah melakukan dosa besar sekalipun…

Word by Word

• गुरोः: of the guru
• गुरोः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• नैरृत्यदिग्भागे: in the south-western quarter
• नैरृत्यदिग्भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरृत्य + दिक् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समास: नैरृत्यायाः दिशः भागः (in the south-western direction-part)

• स्थितम्: situated
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (लिङ्गस्य विशेषण)

• पापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापप्रणाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + प्र + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; समास: पापस्य प्रणाशनम्

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: even/also)

• कृत्वा: having done; having committed
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• महापापम्: a great sin
• महापापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समास: महत् पापम्

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

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

• पुरुषः: a man
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक (particle: even)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed) pāpa-praṇāśana shrine SW of Guru-sthāna

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī/Gaurī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple (woman and man) approaches a small liṅga shrine marked as ‘pāpa-praṇāśana’ in the south-west of a larger ‘Guru’ shrine; the path is short, indicating proximity within a sacred complex.

Characters & Entities

• Vimaleśvara
• Guru (local shrine marker)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra’s Śiva-shrines are portrayed as radically purificatory—open to all, regardless of prior wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sin-destroying shrine identified in relation to the ‘Guru’ marker—within the Vimaleśvara context of Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit instruction to approach and worship the pāpa-praṇāśana shrine, regardless of one’s past sins.