Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अद्यापि वज्रसंस्पर्शात्तत्सान्निध्यं गतो नरः । आजन्ममरणात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

adyāpi vajrasaṃsparśāttatsānnidhyaṃ gato naraḥ | ājanmamaraṇātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

แม้ในวันนี้ ผู้ใดเข้าถึงสันนิธิอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นด้วยการสัมผัสวัชระ ย่อมพ้นจากบาปที่สั่งสมตั้งแต่เกิดจนตาย—ปราศจากข้อสงสัย

Word by Word

• अद्य: today; now
• अद्य: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (today/now)

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (even/also)

• वज्रसंस्पर्शात्: from the contact with the thunderbolt
• वज्रसंस्पर्शात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र-संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: वज्रेण संस्पर्शः इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सान्निध्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सान्निध्यम्: proximity; presence
• सान्निध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गतः: having gone; having reached
• गतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle: क्त), पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘नरः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आजन्यमरणात्: from birth to death
• आजन्यमरणात्: Apadana (Limit/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-जन्य-मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: जन्म च मरणं च इति द्वन्द्वः, उपसर्ग ‘आ’ द्वारा ‘आ-’ = ‘from (birth) up to (death)’ अर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः

• पापान्: sins
• पापान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negation)

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa purāṇic narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vajra-sparśa-sannidhya at Arbuda-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches the hidden liṅga’s precinct and touches/receives the ‘vajra-sparśa’ (either the sacred stone/mark associated with Indra’s vajra or the charged spot), while an unseen radiance signifies liberation from lifelong sins.

Characters & Entities

• Vajra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nearness to the sacred power at Arbuda grants assured purification—sins across an entire lifetime are said to be destroyed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda-kṣetra (the Arbuda mountain region, traditionally identified with Mount Abu) within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed here; the emphasis is on attaining sānnidhya (holy proximity) through the ‘vajra-saṃsparśa’ contact.