Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

एष शर्यातियज्ञस्य देशो देवि प्रकाशते । प्रभासक्षेत्रमध्ये तु साक्षात्पातकनाशनः

Transliteration

eṣa śaryātiyajñasya deśo devi prakāśate | prabhāsakṣetramadhye tu sākṣātpātakanāśanaḥ

Translation

ਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ, ਇਹੀ ਸ਼ਰਿਆਤੀ ਦੇ ਯਜ੍ਞ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੈ। ਪ੍ਰਭਾਸਕਸ਼ੇਤਰ ਦੇ ਮੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਸਾਕਸ਼ਾਤ ਪਾਪਨਾਸਕ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਿਤ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• एष: this
• एष: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• शर्याति-यज्ञस्य: of Śaryāti's sacrifice
• शर्याति-यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्याति (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• देशः: place, region
• देशः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• प्रकाशते: shines forth, is manifest
• प्रकाशते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: काश् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रभास-क्षेत्र-मध्ये: in the middle of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• प्रभास-क्षेत्र-मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य मध्ये); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: 'indeed/but')

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'directly, manifestly')

• पातक-नाशनः: destroyer of sins
• पातक-नाशनः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पातकानां नाशनः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaryāti-yajña-deśa (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred clearing marked as a yajña-ground: altars, kusa grass, ladles, and a calm fire; in the background stands the Prabhāsa landscape with a shrine. A luminous aura indicates ‘sākṣāt pāpa-nāśana’ power emanating from the place itself.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Śaryāti
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacrificial ground and tīrtha merge: dhārmic acts sanctify geography, and the tīrtha reciprocates by purifying devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śaryāti-yajña locale within the center of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, connected with Cyavaneśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse asserts the site’s pātaka-nāśana (sin-destroying) potency.