Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि विष्णुं पापप्रणाशनम् । वामनस्वामिनामानं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi viṣṇuṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | vāmanasvāmināmānaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—மகாதேவி! அதன் பின் பாவங்களை அழிக்கும் விஷ்ணுவிடம் செல்ல வேண்டும்; அவர் ‘வாமனஸ்வாமி’ எனப் பெயர்பெற்றவர், எல்லாப் பாதகங்களையும் நாசம் செய்பவர்.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kala/Desha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्ययम् (then/thereafter)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• viṣṇum: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• pāpapraṇāśanam: destroyer of sin
• pāpapraṇāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa-praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + प्रणाशन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; viṣṇum इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• vāmanasvāmināmānam: named Vāmana-svāmin
• vāmanasvāmināmānam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāmana-svāmin-nāman (प्रातिपदिक; वामन + स्वामिन् + नामन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; viṣṇum इति पदस्य विशेषणम्; ‘vāmanasvāmin’ इति नाम यस्य

• sarvapātakanāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarvapātakanāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-pātaka-nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पातक + नाशन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; viṣṇum इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāmanasvāmi

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to proceed; the scene shifts to a temple of Vāmanasvāmi: Viṣṇu as Vāmana/Trivikrama with umbrella and water-pot, devotees approaching after pilgrimage, coastal Prabhāsa ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Viṣṇu
• Vāmanasvāmi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra pilgrimage honors multiple deities; devotion to Viṣṇu as Vāmanasvāmi is praised as universally purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Viṣṇu shrine called Vāmanasvāmi within the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage instruction: ‘one should go’ (gacchet) to Vāmanasvāmi (Viṣṇu) for sin-destruction.