Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

यः शृणोति नरः सम्यक्सर्वपापैः स मुच्यते । शयनोत्थापने योगे यः पश्येत्पुरुषोत्तमम् । गात्रोत्सर्गे तु गत्वाऽसौ यज्ञायुतफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ samyaksarvapāpaiḥ sa mucyate | śayanotthāpane yoge yaḥ paśyetpuruṣottamam | gātrotsarge tu gatvā'sau yajñāyutaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

ผู้ใดได้ฟังเรื่องนี้โดยถูกต้อง ย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง. และผู้ใดได้เห็นพระปุรุโษตตมะในพิธีศักดิ์สิทธิ์ “ศยนโอตถาปนะ” (การปลุกจากการบรรทม) ย่อมได้ความหลุดพ้น; และหากในคราวสละกายไปยังที่นั้น ก็ได้บุญผลเสมอด้วยยัญหมื่นครั้ง.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• शृणोति: hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (properly, correctly)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (is released)

• शयन-उत्थापने: in the rite of raising (the deity) from sleep
• शयन-उत्थापने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन + उत्थापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शयनस्य उत्थापनम्)

• योगे: in the occasion/ritual context
• योगे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/विधान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पुरुषोत्तमम्: Puruṣottama (the Supreme Person)
• पुरुषोत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (उत्तमः पुरुषः)

• गात्रोत्सर्गे: at (the tirtha/act of) Gātrotsarga
• गात्रोत्सर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र + उत्सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गात्रस्य उत्सर्गः)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) अव्यय; ‘गमनं कृत्वा’ (having gone)

• असौ: that person
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यज्ञायुतफलम्: the fruit of ten-thousand sacrifices
• यज्ञायुतफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + अयुत + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अयुतानां यज्ञानां फलम् / यज्ञ-अयुतस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate next adhyāya opening and continuous māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puruṣottama-tīrtha; Gātramocana (gātrotsarga-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festival scene of Viṣṇu (Puruṣottama) being ritually awakened (śayanotthāpana): priests, lamps, conch, devotees with folded hands; alongside, a narrative vignette of a pilgrim reaching Gātramocana at life’s end, with celestial beings witnessing merit.

Characters & Entities

• Puruṣottama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) and darśana at a famed tīrtha are presented as direct means to purification and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puruṣottama-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised for granting great merit and mokṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Puruṣottama during the śayanotthāpana observance (the awakening rite) is highlighted as especially meritorious.