Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
एतत्क्षेत्रं यवाकारं वैष्णवं पापनाशनम्
Transliteration
etatkṣetraṃ yavākāraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ pāpanāśanam
Translation
เขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้มีรูปดั่งเมล็ดข้าวบาร์เลย์ เป็นไวษณวะโดยสภาวะ และเป็นผู้ทำลายบาปทั้งปวง
Word by Word
etatthis
etat:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
kṣetramsacred field, holy place
kṣetram:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
yavākārambarley-shaped
yavākāram:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyava + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yavasya ākāraḥ) विशेषण
vaiṣṇavamVaiṣṇava, belonging to Viṣṇu
vaiṣṇavam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त विशेषण (pertaining to Viṣṇu)
pāpanāśanamdestroyer of sins
pāpanāśanam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pāpānāṃ nāśanam)
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Bhāminī
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A stylized aerial view of Prabhāsa shaped like a barley grain, glowing with Vaiṣṇava radiance; pilgrims entering and shedding dark ‘sin’ motifs as they cross into the luminous field.
Characters & Entities
P
Prabhāsa-kṣetraV
Viṣṇu (implied by vaiṣṇavam)FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is expressed as both sacred form (ākāra) and spiritual power (sin-destruction).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as Vaiṣṇava and pāpanāśana.
No specific rite is stated; the verse asserts the inherent purificatory merit of the place.