Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि पूजयित्वा विधानतः । सप्तजन्मार्जितात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ | saptajanmārjitātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ, ਉਸ ਦਾ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਸੱਤ ਜਨਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਹੋਏ ਪਾਪਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ—ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਈ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਹੀਂ।

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• मानवः: a man; a human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजयित्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• विधानतः: according to rule; duly
• विधानतः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सप्त-जन्म-अर्जितात्: from (sins) accumulated over seven births
• सप्त-जन्म-अर्जितात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पापात्/पापान्—sense: 'from sins accumulated over seven births')

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed; is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pulastyeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before a Śiva-liṅga shrine (Pulastyeśvara), offering flowers and lamp ‘according to rite’; a subtle aura indicates sins of seven births dissolving like dark smoke dispersing.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Pulastyeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana and properly performed worship at a tirtha can burn deep karmic residue, emphasizing faith joined with correct ritual conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pulastyeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship “according to proper rite” (vidhānataḥ), coupled with darśana (beholding the deity).