Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अनेकपापराशीनामुग्राणामपि सर्वदा । दाहस्थान समाख्यातमिन्धनानां यथाऽनलः

Transliteration

anekapāparāśīnāmugrāṇāmapi sarvadā | dāhasthāna samākhyātamindhanānāṃ yathā'nalaḥ

Translation

ที่นั้นเลื่องลือว่าเป็น “สถานที่เผาผลาญ” แม้แก่กองบาปอันดุร้ายทั้งหลายเสมอไป ดุจไฟเผาผลาญเชื้อเพลิงฉะนั้น

Word by Word

• अनेकपापराशीनाम्: of many heaps of sins
• अनेकपापराशीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः (पापानां राशयः; अनेकाः पापराशयः)

• उग्राणाम्: of fierce/terrible (ones)
• उग्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (पापराशीनाम् इति)

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

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (always)

• दाहस्थानम्: a place of burning (for destruction)
• दाहस्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दाहस्य स्थानम्)

• समाख्यातम्: called, renowned as
• समाख्यातम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-ख्या (धातु) → समाख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; दाहस्थानम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• इन्धनानाम्: of fuels, firewood
• इन्धनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक-अव्ययम् (comparative: as/like)

• अनलः: fire
• अनलः: Karta (Subject of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Divyavāṇī (Divine Voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Dvārakā tīrtha (Dvāravatī-kṣetra-sannidhi)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous river-ghāṭa at Gomatī near Dvārakā; pilgrims stand with folded hands as a stylized sacrificial fire rises from the water, consuming dark ‘sin’ as fuel; the city’s golden spires glow behind.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā-kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are depicted as transformative: sincere contact with a great tīrtha burns accumulated wrongdoing and renews dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā-kṣetra is implied as the famed dāha-sthāna, the purifier that consumes sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is named; the verse conveys the tīrtha’s inherent purificatory power, typically accessed through pilgrimage, snāna, and darśana.