Shloka 2 - Adhyaya 148 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र सिद्धो महादेवि रूपकुंडलहारकः । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो देवि मुच्येत्स्तेयकृतादघात्

Transliteration

yatra siddho mahādevi rūpakuṃḍalahārakaḥ | tatra snātvā naro devi mucyetsteyakṛtādaghāt

Translation

Hỡi Đại Nữ Thần, nơi ấy vị thành tựu giả được gọi là “kẻ trộm đôi hoa tai mỹ lệ” đã chứng đắc; tắm tại đó, người ta được giải thoát khỏi tội do trộm cắp gây nên.

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

सिद्धःa Siddha (perfected being)

महादेविO Mahādevī

रूपकुण्डलहारकःthe ‘earring-form’ thief

तत्रthere

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

नरःa man

देविO Goddess

मुच्येत्would be freed

स्तेयकृतात्from (sin) caused by theft

अघात्from sin

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued instruction to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava-kūpa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the well of Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava, a siddha figure—remembered as the ‘stealer of beautiful earrings’—is shown in austerity and then in radiant accomplishment; pilgrims bathe, symbolically washing away the stain of theft.

Characters & Entities

Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Siddha

Rūpakuṇḍala-hāraka

Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava-kūpa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā can function as purificatory expiation (prāyaścitta) when joined to sacred place-power and sincere intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing spot at/around Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava-kūpa associated with the siddha Rūpakuṇḍala-hāraka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the specified tīrtha for release from theft-related sin.