Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

परैरभिहतो युद्धे न्यंकुमत्यास्तटे शुभे । शिवपूजाविधानेन विध्वस्ताशेषपातकः

Transliteration

parairabhihato yuddhe nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe | śivapūjāvidhānena vidhvastāśeṣapātakaḥ

Translation

نَیَںکُمَتی کے مبارک کنارے پر جنگ میں دوسروں کے ہاتھوں زخمی ہو کر گرا؛ شِو کی پوجا کے مقررہ طریقے کی پابندی سے اس کے تمام گناہ مٹ گئے۔

Word by Word

• परैः: by others/enemies
• परैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्

• अभिहतः: struck/attacked
• अभिहतः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-√हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृवाच्य-विशेषणम्

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• न्यंकुमत्याः: of Nyankumatī (river)
• न्यंकुमत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यंकुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (तटे इति विशेष्य)

• शिवपूजाविधानेन: by the procedure of Śiva-worship
• शिवपूजाविधानेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-पूजा-विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः (शिवस्य पूजा = शिवपूजा; शिवपूजायाः विधानम्)

• विध्वस्त: destroyed
• विध्वस्त: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√ध्वंस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (समासपूर्वपद)

• अशेषपातकः: all sins
• अशेषपातकः: Karta (Subject complement; in compound with vidhvasta-)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशेष-पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (अशेषं पातकम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nyaṃkumatī-taṭa (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fallen warrior on the bright riverbank of Nyaṃkumatī; attendants or sages perform orderly Śiva-pūjā beside a liṅga, with the river shimmering—suggesting sin dissolving like dark smoke into light.

Characters & Entities

• Nyaṃkumatī (river)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-pūjā performed according to dharma has the power to eradicate even accumulated wrongdoing, especially when connected to a sacred tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious bank (taṭa) of the river Nyaṃkumatī within the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā “by the prescribed method” (vidhāna), implying rule-based worship rather than casual offering.