Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । कृतस्मराद्ब्रह्मकुंडं यमेशात्सागरावधि । एतदंतरमासाद्य पापी चापि विमुच्यते

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | kṛtasmarādbrahmakuṃḍaṃ yameśātsāgarāvadhi | etadaṃtaramāsādya pāpī cāpi vimucyate

Translation

ଈଶ୍ୱର କହିଲେ—କୃତସ୍ମରାରୁ ବ୍ରହ୍ମକୁଣ୍ଡ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଏବଂ ଯମେଶ୍ୱରରୁ ସମୁଦ୍ରତଟ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଯେ ପବିତ୍ର ମଧ୍ୟଭୂମି, ସେଠାକୁ ପହଞ୍ଚି ଯେ ରହେ, ସେ ପାପୀ ହେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପାପରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Śiva)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वक्ता/कर्ता

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• कृतस्मरात्: from Kṛtasmar(a)
• कृतस्मरात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतस्मर (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + स्मर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th, ablative), एकवचन; अपादान

• ब्रह्मकुण्डम्: Brahma-kuṇḍa
• ब्रह्मकुण्डम्: Karma (Object/Extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मकुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + कुण्ड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (गन्तव्य/परिमाण-सीमा)

• यमेशात्: from Yameśa
• यमेशात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमेश (प्रातिपदिक; यम + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th, ablative), एकवचन; अपादान

• सागरावधि: up to the sea (as limit)
• सागरावधि: Karma (Extent/Limit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागरावधि (प्रातिपदिक; सागर + अवधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् सीमाबोधे (up to the sea)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object, with अन्तरम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेष्य-सूचक

• अन्तरम्: the interval / region between
• अन्तरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (अन्तराल/परिसर)

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (धातु) + आ-उपसर्ग; ल्यप् (absolutive)
• Form: ल्यपन्त (क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष) अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया = having reached

• पापी: a sinner
• पापी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/अपि-शब्दः) = particle ‘even/also’

• विमुच्यते: is freed / is released
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु) + वि-उपसर्ग
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra corridor (Kṛtasmarā–Brahmakuṇḍa; Yameśvara–Samudra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara delineates the holy tract: markers of Kṛtasmarā, Brahmakuṇḍa, Yameśvara, and the shimmering ocean edge; pilgrims entering the corridor are shown shedding dark stains of sin as light surrounds them.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Kṛtasmarā
• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Yameśvara
• Sāgara (ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a consecrated sacred landscape (kṣetra) is portrayed as powerfully purificatory, capable of freeing even the sinful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse explicitly glorifies the tract bounded by Kṛtasmarā–Brahmakuṇḍa and Yameśvara–the ocean within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is pilgrimage/approach (āsādya) to the kṣetra; no specific snāna/dāna is stated in this line.