Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

संस्थितः पापशमने तत्र स्थाने स्थलोपरि । कार्तिक्यां कृत्तिकायोगे यस्तं पूजयते नरः

Transliteration

saṃsthitaḥ pāpaśamane tatra sthāne sthalopari | kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ

Translation

وہ اس مقام پر اس مقدس زمین کے اوپر قائم ہے اور گناہوں کو مٹانے والا ہے۔ کارتک کے مہینے میں کِرتّکا یوگ کے وقت جو شخص اس کی پوجا کرے،

Word by Word

• संस्थितः: situated; stationed
• संस्थितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त/भूतकर्मणि), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अर्थे—स्थितः (having stood/being situated)

• पापशमने: in the sin-destroying (place)
• पापशमने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-शमन (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + शमन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: पापस्य शमनम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्थलोपरी: upon the ground; on the spot
• स्थलोपरी: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्थल-उपरि (अव्यय; स्थल + उपरि)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (postposition-like indeclinable)

• कार्तिक्यां: in (the time of) Kārtikī
• कार्तिक्यां: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (कार्तिकी-नक्षत्र/तिथि/मास-संबन्धे)

• कृत्तिकायोगे: at the conjunction with Kṛttikā (asterism)
• कृत्तिकायोगे: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिका-योग (प्रातिपदिक; कृत्तिका + योग)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृत्तिकायाः योगः)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संकेत (demonstrative pronoun)

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष? (No) — मध्यम/उत्तम?; रूपतः: प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakulīśa-sthāna (pāpa-śamana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Mahādevī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims gather at the Lakulīśa spot on a Kārttika night/day under the Kṛttikā stars; lamps, offerings, and a sense of cleansing as ‘pāpa’ is symbolically washed away from the ground itself.

Characters & Entities

• Lakulīśa
• Kārttika (month)
• Kṛttikā (nakṣatra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing joined to right place—worship in sacred time (Kārttika, Kṛttikā) at a sanctified site is praised as especially purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Lakulīśa sthala in Prabhāsakṣetra, described as a pāpaśamana (sin-quelling) place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Lakulīśa specifically during Kārttika month when Kṛttikā nakṣatra is in effect.