Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

दक्षिणे सोमनाथस्य सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविख्यातं पद्मकं नाम नामतः

Transliteration

dakṣiṇe somanāthasya sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | tīrthaṃ trailokyavikhyātaṃ padmakaṃ nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

سومناتھ کے جنوب میں ایک تیرتھ ہے جو تمام پاپوں کا ناس کرنے والا ہے، تینوں لوکوں میں مشہور، جس کا نام ‘پدمک’ ہے۔

Word by Word

• दक्षिणे: to the south (in the southern side)
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); दिग्वाचक-शब्दः

• सोमनाथस्य: of Somanātha
• सोमनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः सोम + नाथ

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषणम् तीर्थम्

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/pilgrimage spot
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रैलोक्यविख्यातम्: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यविख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् तीर्थम्

• पद्मकम्: Padmaka (name of the tīrtha)
• पद्मकम्: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Nirdharana/Name-marker (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable used to indicate ‘by name’)

• नामतः: in name; as to its name
• नामतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘as regards name/nominally’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Padmaka

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like sacred landscape: Somnātha temple prominent; to its south, Padmaka tīrtha shown as a lotus-associated waterbody/ford where pilgrims bathe, with an aura indicating ‘sarva-pāpa-praṇāśana’.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Padmaka-tīrtha
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching holy geography with faith and discipline is portrayed as a means of deep moral purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Padmaka-tīrtha, located south of Somanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice is tīrtha-visit and bathing/observance there, emphasized by its sin-destroying power.