Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अपराधसहस्रं तु क्षमते तस्य भैरवः । धेनुदानं प्रशंसंति तस्मिन्स्थाने महर्षयः

Transliteration

aparādhasahasraṃ tu kṣamate tasya bhairavaḥ | dhenudānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tasminsthāne maharṣayaḥ

Translation

ایسے بھکت کے ہزاروں اَپرادھ بھی بھیرَو معاف کر دیتا ہے۔ اس مقام پر مہارشی ‘دھینو دان’ یعنی گائے کے دان کی بڑی ستائش کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अपराधसहस्रम्: a thousand offences
• अपराधसहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाण/समूहवाचक (a thousand offences)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; contrast/emphasis)

• क्षमते: forgives
• क्षमते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षम (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तस्य: of him/of that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• भैरवः: Bhairava
• भैरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धेनुदानम्: the gift of a cow
• धेनुदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (what is praised)

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise
• प्रशंसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शंस् (धातु) प्र +
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक) [महत् + ऋषि]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairava-kṣamā at Prabhāsa; Dhenu-dāna praised by ṛṣis

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhairava as fierce yet compassionate guardian near the shrine, right hand in abhaya; devotee kneels in repentance; sages in the background approving; a cow being respectfully gifted with water-pot and cloth, symbolizing dhenu-dāna.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairava
• Maharṣis
• Dhenu-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (kṣamā) and dharmic charity work together: sincere worship invites forgiveness, while dāna supports purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahākāleśvara/Bhairava-associated sacred zone in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhenu-dāna (cow-gift) is commended as an especially meritorious act at that site.