Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अथोचुस्तं सुरगणा नारदाद्या महर्षयः । प्रभासं गच्छ देवेश क्षेत्रं पापहरं हि तत्

Transliteration

athocustaṃ suragaṇā nāradādyā maharṣayaḥ | prabhāsaṃ gaccha deveśa kṣetraṃ pāpaharaṃ hi tat

Translation

แล้วหมู่เทพและมหาฤษีทั้งหลาย—นารทเป็นต้น—กล่าวแก่เขาว่า “ข้าแต่เทวราช จงไปยังประภาสเถิด เพราะเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นย่อมชำระบาปได้แท้จริง”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence particle)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुरगणाः: hosts of gods
• सुरगणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• नारदाद्याः: beginning with Nārada
• नारदाद्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = ‘beginning with’

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa (holy place)
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवेश: O lord of the gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; (प्रभासस्य विशेषणार्थं)

• पापहरम्: sin-removing
• पापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘पापं हरति’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• तत्: that (place)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sages and Devas (Nārada and others) (quoted within Īśvara’s narration)

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Devas
• Maharṣis
• Indra (Deveśa)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine and sage authority affirms tīrtha-yātrā as a dharmic remedy: Prabhāsa is praised as inherently sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly called “pāpahara” (remover of sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct prescription to undertake pilgrimage: “Go to Prabhāsa.”