Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तेन जप्तेन पापत्मन्मोक्षं प्राप्स्यसि निश्चितम् । झाटघोटस्त्वया कीर्त्त्यो मन्त्रोऽयं चतुरक्षरः

Transliteration

tena japtena pāpatmanmokṣaṃ prāpsyasi niścitam | jhāṭaghoṭastvayā kīrttyo mantro'yaṃ caturakṣaraḥ

Translation

ด้วยการภาวนา (ชปะ) มนต์นั้น โอ้ผู้มีบาป เจ้าจักได้โมกษะโดยแน่นอน ‘ฌาฏฆโฏ’—นี่คือมนต์สี่พยางค์ที่เจ้าพึงสาธยาย

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• जप्तेन: by the recitation
• जप्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP used substantively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• पापात्मन्: O sinful-souled one
• पापात्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

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

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will attain
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• निश्चितम्: certainly
• निश्चितम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + चि (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: certainly)

• झाटघोटः: Jhāṭaghoṭa (mantra/name)
• झाटघोटः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: झाटघोट (प्रातिपदिक; मन्त्र-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कीर्त्यः: to be recited/proclaimed
• कीर्त्यः: Sambandha (Predicate/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक; √कीर्त् + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

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

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• चतुरक्षरः: four-syllabled
• चतुरक्षरः: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of मन्त्रः)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the repentant petitioner (addressed as pāpatman)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder sage formally transmits a mantra to the repentant disciple; the disciple holds a mālā, eyes closed, beginning japa; the air feels charged with sacred secrecy.

Characters & Entities

• Jhāṭaghoṭa (mantra)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-japa, received from sages and practiced faithfully, is presented as a direct means to remove pāpa and reach mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the narrative context for receiving and practicing the liberating mantra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of a specific four-syllable mantra: “Jhāṭaghoṭa.”