Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तत्राराध्य महादेवं मोक्ष्यसे ब्रह्महत्यया । स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय गतस्तत्र वरानने

Transliteration

tatrārādhya mahādevaṃ mokṣyase brahmahatyayā | sa tatheti pratijñāya gatastatra varānane

Translation

“ที่นั่น เมื่อบูชามหาเทพ (มหาเทวะ) แล้ว ท่านจักพ้นจากพรหมหัตยา” เขาจึงปฏิญาณว่า “เป็นเช่นนั้นเถิด” แล้วออกเดินทางไป ณ ที่นั้น โอ้ผู้มีพักตร์งาม

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मोक्ष्यसे: you will be freed
• मोक्ष्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ब्रह्महत्यया: from brahma-hatyā (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्यया: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; हेतु/निमित्तार्थे (by/through; from)

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

• तथा: so; thus
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• प्रतिज्ञाय: having promised; having vowed
• प्रतिज्ञाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); ‘प्रतिज्ञा’ = प्रतिज्ञां कृत्वा

• गतः: went; having gone
• गतः: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sages and Devas (instruction), with Īśvara addressing Mahādevī as listener

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as 'varānane' (fair-faced one) within the narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The afflicted one accepts the sages’ instruction, makes a solemn vow, and sets out toward Prabhāsa; the narrative voice addresses a 'fair-faced' listener, adding a courtly storytelling tone.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Indra
• Brahmahatyā
• Mahādevī (Varānanā)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-bhakti at a famed kṣetra is presented as a powerful means of prāyaścitta and release from grave sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Mahādeva’s worship grants liberation from brahmahatyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation/worship (ārādhana) of Mahādeva at Prabhāsa.