Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यस्मात्त्वं कपिले पुण्या सर्वलोकस्य पावनी । प्रदत्ता सह सूर्येण मम मुक्तिप्रदा भव

Transliteration

yasmāttvaṃ kapile puṇyā sarvalokasya pāvanī | pradattā saha sūryeṇa mama muktipradā bhava

Translation

โอ้กปิลาอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ผู้ชำระล้างโลกทั้งปวง เมื่อถูกถวายทานร่วมกับพระสุริยะแล้ว ขอจงเป็นผู้ประทานโมกษะแก่ข้าพเจ้า

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: since/because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे पञ्चमी-रूपम्; हेत्वर्थे (ablatival: because/since)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कपिले: O Kapilā
• कपिले: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पुण्या: meritorious/holy
• पुण्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (त्वम्)

• सर्वलोकस्य: of all the worlds
• सर्वलोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पावनी: purifying
• पावनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (त्वम्)

• प्रदत्ता: given/bestowed
• प्रदत्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√दा (कृदन्त; धातु √दा (दाने) उपसर्गः प्र + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तम् (past passive participle)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सहार्थक-उपपदम् (preposition-like indeclinable: with)

• सूर्येण: with the Sun
• सूर्येण: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सह-योगे करणवत्

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मुक्तिप्रदा: granting liberation
• मुक्तिप्रदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति-प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक; मुक्ति + प्रदा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (त्वम्)

• भव: become / be
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु; √भू (सत्तायाम्))
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Ritual practitioner/devotee (prayer linking dāna with mokṣa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee addresses Kapilā the sacred cow as world-purifier, while invoking her being ‘given with the Sun’; the cow stands adorned with garlands, with a solar emblem or rising sun behind.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and liberation are connected to selfless giving performed with devotion and proper ritual association.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the combined offering of Kapilā and Sūrya is portrayed as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donate Kapilā together with a Sūrya-related offering/installation, with the intention of attaining mokṣa.