Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र कपिलां दद्यात्स्नात्वा नद्यां विधानतः । संपूज्य विधिवल्लिंगं मुच्यते पञ्चपातकैः

Transliteration

yastatra kapilāṃ dadyātsnātvā nadyāṃ vidhānataḥ | saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ mucyate pañcapātakaiḥ

Translation

ผู้ใด ณ ที่นั้น อาบน้ำในแม่น้ำตามพิธี แล้วถวายทานโคกปิลา (โคสีน้ำตาลแดง) และบูชาลึงค์โดยชอบธรรม ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นจากมหาบาปทั้งห้า

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• कपिलाम्: a tawny cow
• कपिलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• नद्याम्: in the river
• नद्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• विधानतः: according to prescription
• विधानतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (manner adverb): ‘according to rule’

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• विधिवत्: properly
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb): ‘properly, as per rite’

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पञ्चपातकैः: from the five sins
• पञ्चपातकैः: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument/हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्विगु), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/हेतु), बहुवचन; ‘पञ्च पातकानि’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gautameśvara (with adjacent river snāna)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn by the river, a pilgrim completes snāna, then offers a kapilā cow in dāna, and finally performs orderly liṅga-pūjā at Gautameśvara with bilva leaves and lamps; the scene conveys purification and relief.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Gautameśvara
• Nadī (river)
• Kapilā (cow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is achieved through a dharmic triad—snāna, dāna, and pūjā—performed at a sanctified kṣetra with proper observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gautameśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, along with its river-bathing context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the river as prescribed, donate a kapilā cow, and worship the Śiva-liṅga according to rite to be freed from pañca-pātaka.