Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

धनुषां त्रिंशता देवि श्रुतं पातकनाशनम् । पूर्वं कृतयुगे देवि स्मृतं चित्रांगदेश्वरम्

Transliteration

dhanuṣāṃ triṃśatā devi śrutaṃ pātakanāśanam | pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge devi smṛtaṃ citrāṃgadeśvaram

Translation

اے دیوی، تیس کمانوں کے فاصلے کے اندر یہ مقام گناہوں کو مٹانے والا مشہور ہے۔ اے دیوی، پہلے کرت یُگ میں اسے چترانگ دیشور کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا تھا۔

Word by Word

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• त्रिंशता: by thirty (i.e., thirty in number)
• त्रिंशता: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

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

• श्रुतम्: is heard; is known by hearing
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• पातकनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पातकनाशनम्: Karma/Predicative complement (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पातकस्य नाशनम्)

• पूर्वम्: formerly; earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• कृतयुगे: in the Kṛta-yuga
• कृतयुगे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः कृत + युग

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

• स्मृतम्: is remembered; is known by tradition
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• चित्रांगदेश्वरम्: Citrāṅgadeśvara (name of the deity)
• चित्रांगदेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्राङ्गद + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चित्राङ्गदस्य ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāleśvara / Citrāṅgadeśvara (older name)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim enters the consecrated zone around Mahākāleśvara; a subtle boundary marker indicates ‘thirty bow-lengths’; an inscription recalls the ancient name Citrāṅgadeśvara from Kṛta Yuga; the shrine radiates protective sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṅgadeśvara
• Kṛta Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places carry time-transcending potency; their names may change across yugas, but their power to purify remains.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahākāleśvara/Citrāṅgadeśvara shrine-area in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as pātaka-nāśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse emphasizes the site’s purificatory merit and its traditional name.