Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तेषां तव प्रसादेन भूयात्पापविमोक्षणम्

Transliteration

teṣāṃ tava prasādena bhūyātpāpavimokṣaṇam

Translation

“…ขอด้วยพระกรุณาของพระองค์ จงมีความหลุดพ้นจากบาปแก่เขาทั้งหลาย”

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम-रूप (Pronoun form)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम-रूप (Pronoun form)

• प्रसादेन: by (your) grace/favor
• प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूयात्: may there be / may happen
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• पापविमोक्षणम्: release from sin
• पापविमोक्षणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विमोक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य विमोक्षणम्)

Speaker

Dharmarāja (Yama)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharma-kṛta Liṅga at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional crowd beholds the liṅga; an unseen wave of grace is implied as sins fall away—depictable via light, lotus motifs, and softened expressions of relief.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Dharmarāja (Yama)
• Yameśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is ultimately attributed to Śiva’s prasāda; devotion and darśana become channels for pāpa-vimocana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yameśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where devotees are promised sin-release through Śiva’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional darśana is implied; the verse states the fruit (pāpa-vimokṣaṇa) rather than a detailed rite.