Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तेन तस्माद्विनिर्मुक्तः पातकात्पूर्वसंचितात् । नरतीर्थं ततः ख्यातं तत्र पापभयापहम्

Transliteration

tena tasmādvinirmuktaḥ pātakātpūrvasaṃcitāt | naratīrthaṃ tataḥ khyātaṃ tatra pāpabhayāpaham

Translation

ด้วยการไถ่บาปนั้น เขาพ้นจากบาปที่สั่งสมมาแต่ก่อน ดังนั้นสถานที่นั้นจึงเลื่องชื่อว่า “นรตีรถะ” เป็นทิรถะที่ขจัดความหวาดกลัวอันเกิดจากบาป

Word by Word

• tena: by that (act/means)
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter)

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter)

• vinirmuktaḥ: freed
• vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nir-muc (धातु) → vinirmukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• pātakāt: from sin
• pātakāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• pūrva-saṃcitāt: previously accumulated
• pūrva-saṃcitāt: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃcita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पूर्वसंचित = ‘previously accumulated’); पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — agreeing with pātakāt

• nara-tīrtham: Nara-tīrtha (name of the sacred place)
• nara-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• tataḥ: thereupon/from that
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apadana (Source/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable); तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb)

• khyātam: became known/was famed
• khyātam: Karma (Predicate of object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyā (धातु) → khyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Singular) — agreeing with naratīrtham

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• pāpa-bhaya-apaham: removing fear of sin
• pāpa-bhaya-apaham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + apaha (प्रातिपदिक from apa-hṛ ‘removing’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापभयापह = ‘remover of fear of sin’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom./Acc. Singular) — agreeing with naratīrtham

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred ford known as Naratīrtha where a pilgrim (echoing Arjuna) emerges purified; the atmosphere is calm, with symbolic ‘fear’ dissolving—dark clouds parting into clear light.

Characters & Entities

• Naratīrtha
• Arjuna (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atonement performed with sincerity at a sanctified site is said to dissolve past sin and the anxiety it produces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Naratīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies prāyaścitta leading to release from pātaka; no specific rite details are enumerated here.