Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

जन्मप्रभृतिपापानां कृतानां नाशनं भवेत् । न दुःखं च न दारिद्र्यं दुर्भगत्वं न जायते

Transliteration

janmaprabhṛtipāpānāṃ kṛtānāṃ nāśanaṃ bhavet | na duḥkhaṃ ca na dāridryaṃ durbhagatvaṃ na jāyate

Translation

บาปทั้งหลายที่กระทำมาตั้งแต่เกิดย่อมถูกทำลาย ไม่เกิดความทุกข์ ไม่เกิดความยากจน และความอัปมงคลก็ไม่บังเกิด

Word by Word

• जन्मप्रभृति: from birth onward
• जन्मप्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जन्म + प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्यय (from birth onwards)

• पापानाम्: of sins
• पापानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• कृतानाम्: committed; done
• कृतानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पापानाम्)

• नाशनम्: destruction; removal
• नाशनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be; should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• दुर्भगत्वम्: misfortune; ill-luck
• दुर्भगत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्भगत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• जायते: arises; is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Talasvāmi/kuṇḍa context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee emerging from a sacred bath, water dripping, face calm and relieved; behind, the kuṇḍa glows, and symbolic dark clouds (sins/sorrow) disperse into clear sky near the Talasvāmi shrine.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred observance at a powerful tīrtha is framed as moral purification and a source of worldly and spiritual well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Talasvāmi Māhātmya’s phala-śruti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse is a results-statement (phala-śruti) for the previously described vrata, dāna, and darśana.