Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

येन युष्मत्प्रसादेन पापान्मोक्षमहं व्रजे । उपवासोऽथ मन्त्रो वा नियमो वाथ संयमः

Transliteration

yena yuṣmatprasādena pāpānmokṣamahaṃ vraje | upavāso'tha mantro vā niyamo vātha saṃyamaḥ

Translation

ด้วยพระกรุณาของท่าน ข้าพเจ้าจะพ้นบาปไปสู่ความหลุดพ้นได้ด้วยวิธีใด? ด้วยอุปวาส (การถือศีลอด) หรือด้วยมนต์ หรือด้วยวรต (ปฏิญาณ) หรือด้วยสังยม (การสำรวมตน)?

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/हेतौ (by which)

• युष्मत्प्रसादेन: by your grace
• युष्मत्प्रसादेन: Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (युष्मतां प्रसादः); करणम्/हेतुः

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apādāna (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अपादानम्

• मोक्षम्: liberation, release
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• व्रजे: attain/go to
• व्रजे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• उपवासः: fasting
• उपवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अथ: or else/then
• अथ: Samuccaya/Discourse (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/विकल्प/particle: then/now)

• मन्त्रः: mantra
• मन्त्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक/disjunctive particle)

• नियमः: observance, rule
• नियमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक)

• अथ: or else
• अथ: Samuccaya/Discourse (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्प/अनन्तर)

• संयमः: self-restraint
• संयमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

The repentant man

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The seeker enumerates possible disciplines—fasting, mantra, vow, restraint—counting on fingers while looking to the sages for the decisive upāya.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A seeker should ask the wise for the right discipline—fasting, mantra, vows, and restraint—suited to removing pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where remedial disciplines are taught for liberation from sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Potential prescriptions are listed: upavāsa (fasting), mantra-japa, niyama (observances), and saṃyama (self-restraint).