Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सन्तर्प्य च पितॄन्भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । तत्र विष्णुं तु संपूज्य कृत्वा जागरणं निशि

Transliteration

santarpya ca pitṝnbhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ | tatra viṣṇuṃ tu saṃpūjya kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi

Translation

Tendo, com devoção, satisfeito os Pitṛs (antepassados), a pessoa se liberta de todos os pecados. Ali, após adorar devidamente Viṣṇu, deve manter uma vigília por toda a noite.

Word by Word

• सन्तर्प्य: having satisfied (fed)
• सन्तर्प्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + तृप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apādāna (Separation/from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात

• संपूज्य: having worshipped fully
• संपूज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• जागरणम्: night-vigil (keeping awake)
• जागरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet; contextually a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener (likely a male devotee addressed as 'priye' appears in v.12, suggesting a dialogue narration).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s water-edge, a devotee offers tarpaṇa to ancestors with folded hands; nearby, a Viṣṇu shrine is worshipped with flowers and incense; night falls and lamps are lit for an all-night vigil with chanting.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through ancestral rites and sincere worship at a sacred tīrtha purifies even grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa), a renowned sacred geography in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying ancestors), Viṣṇu-pūjā, and night-long jāgaraṇa (vigil) as a vrata.