Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम् । कृतस्मराच्च परतो ह्यग्नितीर्थाच्च पूर्वतः

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ dāridryaughavināśanam | kṛtasmarācca parato hyagnitīrthācca pūrvataḥ

Translation

Nơi ấy làm lắng dịu mọi tội lỗi và tiêu trừ những đợt sóng nghèo khổ—nằm về phía tây của Kṛtasmarā và về phía đông của Agnitīrtha.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: the pacifier/remover of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of the shrine)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्

• दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम्: destroyer of the flood of poverty
• दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: दारिद्र्यस्य ओघः तस्य विनाशनम्

• कृतस्मरात्: from Kṛtasmar(a)
• कृतस्मरात्: Apādāna (Reference point: from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (√कृ; कृदन्त-क्त) + स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नाम): कृतः स्मरः यस्मिन्/येन = 'Kṛtasmar(a)' (place-name)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• परतः: to the west/beyond
• परतः: Adhikaraṇa (Spatial relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: on the far side/westward)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed)

• अग्नितीर्थात्: from Agnitīrtha
• अग्नितीर्थात्: Apādāna (Reference point: from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: अग्नेः तीर्थम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूर्वतः: to the east
• पूर्वतः: Adhikaraṇa (Spatial relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: to the east/in front)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: narrative praise within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hiraṇyeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim path between two marked tīrthas—Kṛtasmarā and Agnitīrtha—leading to Hiraṇyeśvara; the text’s promise of sin-quelling and poverty-destruction visualized as darkness lifting and abundance returning.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛtasmarā
• Agnitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to the rightly located Prabhāsa tīrthas is taught as a dharmic means to dissolve sin and alleviate misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha situated between Kṛtasmarā (as reference point) and Agnitīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra is praised for its merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse functions as a māhātmya-style locator and merit statement for the tīrtha.