Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तत्र नारायणं साक्षाद्बलभद्रं च रुक्मिणीम् । पूजयित्वा विधानेन मुच्यते पातकत्रयात्

Transliteration

tatra nārāyaṇaṃ sākṣādbalabhadraṃ ca rukmiṇīm | pūjayitvā vidhānena mucyate pātakatrayāt

Translation

وہاں خود نارائن کی، اور ساتھ ہی بل بھدر اور رکمنی کی بھی، شاستری طریقے سے پوجا کرنے پر انسان تین قسم کے پاتک (گناہوں) سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there (in that place)
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of place)

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly, in person
• साक्षात्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb; ‘प्रत्यक्षम्/directly’)

• बलभद्रम्: Balabhadra
• बलभद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• रुक्मिणीम्: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘पूजयित्वा’ = पूज् + इत्वा; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having worshipped)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed rite/method
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• पातकत्रयात्: from the three sins
• पातकत्रयात्: Apadana (Ablative source/separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘पातकानां त्रयम्’ = three sins)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context; explicit from v.16)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Nārāyaṇa-sannidhi with Balabhadra and Rukmiṇī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small sanctum or open-air altar at Prabhāsa: Nārāyaṇa/Kṛṣṇa as central icon, with Balabhadra and Rukmiṇī flanking; a devotee offers flowers, lamp, and water in orderly sequence, signifying ‘vidhānena’ worship; the atmosphere is devotional and purifying.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Balabhadra
• Rukmiṇī
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritually correct worship at a sanctified site is presented as a powerful means for purification from grave wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where these Vaiṣṇava deities are to be worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhi-based pūjā (worship according to injunctions) of Nārāyaṇa, Balabhadra, and Rukmiṇī.