Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

एष शर्यातियज्ञस्य देशो देवि प्रकाशते । प्रभासक्षेत्रमध्ये तु साक्षात्पातकनाशनः

Transliteration

eṣa śaryātiyajñasya deśo devi prakāśate | prabhāsakṣetramadhye tu sākṣātpātakanāśanaḥ

Translation

اے دیوی، یہی شریاتی کے یَجْن کا مشہور دیس ہے۔ پرابھاس کشترا کے عین وسط میں یہ براہِ راست پاپ نाशک کے طور پر جلوہ گر ہے۔

Word by Word

• एष: this
• एष: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• शर्याति-यज्ञस्य: of Śaryāti's sacrifice
• शर्याति-यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्याति (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• देशः: place, region
• देशः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• प्रकाशते: shines forth, is manifest
• प्रकाशते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: काश् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रभास-क्षेत्र-मध्ये: in the middle of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• प्रभास-क्षेत्र-मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य मध्ये); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: 'indeed/but')

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'directly, manifestly')

• पातक-नाशनः: destroyer of sins
• पातक-नाशनः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पातकानां नाशनः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaryāti-yajña-deśa (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred clearing marked as a yajña-ground: altars, kusa grass, ladles, and a calm fire; in the background stands the Prabhāsa landscape with a shrine. A luminous aura indicates ‘sākṣāt pāpa-nāśana’ power emanating from the place itself.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Śaryāti
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacrificial ground and tīrtha merge: dhārmic acts sanctify geography, and the tīrtha reciprocates by purifying devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śaryāti-yajña locale within the center of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, connected with Cyavaneśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse asserts the site’s pātaka-nāśana (sin-destroying) potency.