Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

क्षेत्रं पापहरं ज्ञात्वा तत्र प्रातिष्ठदीश्वरम् । मुक्तश्चैवाभवत्पापात्तस्मात्पुत्रवधोद्भवात्

Transliteration

kṣetraṃ pāpaharaṃ jñātvā tatra prātiṣṭhadīśvaram | muktaścaivābhavatpāpāttasmātputravadhodbhavāt

Translation

اس مقدّس کھیتر کو گناہ ہَرنے والا جان کر اُس نے وہاں ایشور کی پرتِشٹھا کی؛ اور بیٹے کے قتل سے پیدا ہونے والے اُس گناہ سے وہ یقیناً آزاد ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

• kṣetram: the sacred field
• kṣetram: Karma (Object of jñātvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन

• pāpaharam: sin-removing
• pāpaharam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa-hara (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + हर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying kṣetram)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• prātiṣṭhat: he installed/established
• prātiṣṭhat: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-sthā (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• īśvaram: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• īśvaram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (प्रातिपदिक; मुच्-धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (freed)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (Ablative); एकवचन

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (Ablative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• putravadhodbhavāt: arising from the killing of (his) son
• putravadhodbhavāt: Apadana (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra-vadha-udbhava (प्रातिपदिक; पुत्र + वध + उद्भव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (Ablative); एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (as causal source)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Mānavīśvara-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful king/pilgrim in Prabhāsa installs a Śiva-liṅga with ritual vessels; the atmosphere is penitential yet hopeful, with the kṣetra’s sanctity radiating as the burden of sin lifts.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Manu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity (kṣetra-māhātmya) works with sincere corrective action to dissolve accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a pāpa-hara kṣetra, centered on Mānavīśvara (Īśvara installed there).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing Īśvara (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā) at the holy kṣetra as an act of prāyaścitta.