Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पूजयेन्मानवो यस्तु स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्

Transliteration

pūjayenmānavo yastu sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet

Translation

Sinumang sumamba sa ‘Mānava’ ay mapapalaya sa mga kasalanan.

Word by Word

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject of relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष-निपात (contrastive/emphatic particle)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (correlative pronoun)

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (Predicate of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (प्रातिपदिक; मुच्-धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• pātakaiḥ: by/with sins
• pātakaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means; here: from sins as reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental); बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhavet: would be/becomes
• bhavet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Mānavīśvara/Īśvara worship context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of varied ages worship a Śiva-liṅga in Prabhāsa; the verse’s universality is shown by diverse devotees receiving the same cleansing grace.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Mānavīśvara (implied)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship offered at a sanctified place is affirmed as a direct cause of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānavīśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra), implied by the surrounding chapter context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) as the recommended devotional act.