Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 171

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठस्य पूर्णिमायां तु सावित्रीस्थलसंनिधौ । पठेद्यो ब्रह्मसूक्तानि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhasya pūrṇimāyāṃ tu sāvitrīsthalasaṃnidhau | paṭhedyo brahmasūktāni mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

جَیَیشٹھ کی پورنیما کے دن ساوتری استھل کے قرب میں جو برہما سوکتوں کا پاٹھ کرے، وہ سب گناہوں سے چھوٹ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठस्य: of (the month) Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘ज्येष्ठ’ मासस्य

• पूर्णिमायाम्: on the full-moon day
• पूर्णिमायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and (emphatic)
• तु: Discourse particle (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• सावित्री-स्थल-संनिधौ: near the Sāvitrī site
• सावित्री-स्थल-संनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थल (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (सावित्र्याः स्थलस्य संनिधौ)

• पठेत्: should recite
• पठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष?—न; तृतीयपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्म-सूक्तानि: the Brahman hymns
• ब्रह्म-सूक्तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः सूक्तानि)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), तृतीयपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्व-पातकैः: from all sins
• सर्व-पातकैः: Apadana (Separation/ablatival sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-sthala (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame listener(s) in the Prabhāsa-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Full moon over Prabhāsa; near Sāvitrī shrine a seated reciter chants Vedic sūktas from palm-leaf/mental svādhyāya, surrounded by attentive pilgrims; moonlight and lamp-light mingle, suggesting pāpa-kṣaya through sound.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā
• Sāvitrī-sthala
• Brahma-sūktas
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (pūrṇimā), sacred place (Sāvitrī-sthala), and sacred speech (sūkta-pāṭha) together are taught as powerful means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāvitrī-sthala in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā, recite the Brahma-sūktas near Sāvitrī-sthala to be freed from sins.