Shloka 33 - Adhyaya 285 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अगस्त्यस्याऽश्रमे रम्ये नृणां पापभयापहे । तत्र गंगेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा अभक्ष्योद्भवपातकात् । मुच्यते नात्र संदेहः स्नानदानजपादिना

Transliteration

agastyasyā'śrame ramye nṛṇāṃ pāpabhayāpahe | tatra gaṃgeśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā abhakṣyodbhavapātakāt | mucyate nātra saṃdehaḥ snānadānajapādinā

Translation

अगस्त्यस्याश्रमे रम्ये नृणां पापभयापहे। तत्र गङ्गेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा अभक्ष्योद्भवपातकात् मुच्यते नात्र संशयः—स्नानदानजपादिभिः।

Word by Word

अगस्त्यस्यof Agastya

आश्रमेin the hermitage

रम्येpleasant/beautiful

नृणाम्of men/people

पाप-भय-अपहेremoving fear of sin

तत्रthere

गंगेश्वरम्Gangeśvara

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

अभक्ष्य-उद्भव-पातकात्from the sin arising from eating what is forbidden

मुच्यतेis freed

नnot

अत्रhere/in this matter

संदेहःdoubt

स्नान-दान-जप-आदिनाby (acts) such as bathing, charity, and recitation

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgeśvara at Agastya-āśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene hermitage-temple setting: Agastya’s āśrama with a Śiva-liṅga named Gaṅgeśvara; pilgrims approach after bathing, offering water, bilva leaves, and gifts; the atmosphere emphasizes release from guilt and fear.

Characters & Entities

Agastya

Gaṅgeśvara

Gaṅgā (implied by Gaṅgeśvara context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and devotion, joined with ethical repair through rites, can cleanse even serious transgressions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgeśvara at Agastya’s āśrama in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), dāna (charity), and japa (recitation) are recommended alongside darśana of Gaṅgeśvara.