Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पटस्थितं तस्य पापं चित्रो मार्जयति प्रिये । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन चित्रेशं पूजयेत्सदा । यः स्यात्पापयुतो वापि नरकं नैव पश्यति

Transliteration

paṭasthitaṃ tasya pāpaṃ citro mārjayati priye | tasmātsarvaprayatnena citreśaṃ pūjayetsadā | yaḥ syātpāpayuto vāpi narakaṃ naiva paśyati

Translation

โอ้ที่รัก จิตราเช็ดล้างบาปของเขาเสีย ราวกับเป็นเพียงภาพที่เขียนบนผืนผ้า เพราะฉะนั้นจึงควรบูชาจิตรेशะอยู่เสมอด้วยความเพียรทุกประการ แม้ผู้มีบาปมากก็ไม่ต้องเห็นนรก

Word by Word

• paṭa-sthitam: situated on a cloth (depicted)
• paṭa-sthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + √sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पटे स्थितम्) विशेषणम् (pāpam)

• tasya: his/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• citraḥ: Citra (name/agent)
• citraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• mārjayati: cleanses/removes
• mārjayati: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mṛj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• priye: O dear one
• priye: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Sambandha (Causal connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति सर्वनाम-निपातवत्; पञ्चमी-अर्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• sarva-prayatnena: with all effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karana (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वः प्रयत्नः) साधनार्थे

• citreśam: Citreśa
• citreśam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citra-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sadā: always
• sadā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्वे (always)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• syāt: might be
• syāt: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• pāpa-yutaḥ: endowed with sin
• pāpa-yutaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + yuta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पापेन युतः) विशेषणम् (yaḥ)

• vā: or/even
• vā: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or/even)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (even/also)

• narakam: hell
• narakam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• eva: at all/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśa/Citreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegorical scene: a devotee’s ‘sins’ appear as painted stains on a cloth that are effortlessly wiped away by the personified power ‘Citra’/Citreśa; alongside, the devotee performs steadfast worship at the liṅga, symbolizing continual practice.

Characters & Entities

• Citreśa/Citreśvara
• Citra
• Naraka (hell)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace at a tīrtha can remove even deep moral burdens; sustained worship is recommended as a path of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citreśvara (Citreśa) in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular/continuous worship (sadā pūjayet) of Citreśvara with full effort.