Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा स्पृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वकिल्बिषैः । इत्येतत्कथितं देवि क्षेत्राद्यं तं यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā muktaḥ syātsarvakilbiṣaiḥ | ityetatkathitaṃ devi kṣetrādyaṃ taṃ yathākramam

Translation

اسے دیکھ کر، چھو کر اور پوجا کر کے انسان ہر طرح کے کِلبِش (گناہ) سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے۔ اے دیوی، اس کھیتر اور اس کی تفصیل ترتیب کے ساتھ بیان کی گئی ہے۔

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• स्पृष्ट्वा: having touched
• स्पृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• मुक्तः: freed, released
• मुक्तः: Kartā (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √मुच् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• स्यात्: would be / may become
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वकिल्बिषैः: by/from all sins
• सर्वकिल्बिषैः: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause: 'from/by sins')
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (किल्बिष), तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वकिल्बिष (all sins)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-निपात (quotative particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (context: 'this' as subject/object)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Predicative: 'has been said')
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित (प्रातिपदिक; √कथ् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (has been told)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• क्षेत्राद्यम्: beginning with the kṣetra (sacred places)
• क्षेत्राद्यम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षेत्र + आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; समासः—क्षेत्राद्य (beginning with the sacred places/field)

• तम्: that (sequence/account)
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• यथाक्रमम्: in due order
• यथाक्रमम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: Skanda instructing Devī, with a stylized map-like procession of shrines behind them; pilgrims performing darśana, touching steps, and offering flowers—three gestures emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāseśvara
• Devī (listener, unnamed)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Direct engagement with the sacred—seeing, touching, and worshipping—forms a complete devotional act that purifies the pilgrim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The described Prabhāsa sacred-site sequence, centered on the Durvāseśvara liṅga-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing), sparśa (touching), and pūjā (worship) as the recommended devotional actions.