Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

वृषो त्सर्गो विशेषेण तत्र कार्यो नरोत्तमैः । सर्वपापविनाशाय पितॄणां प्रीतये प्रिये

Transliteration

vṛṣo tsargo viśeṣeṇa tatra kāryo narottamaiḥ | sarvapāpavināśāya pitṝṇāṃ prītaye priye

Translation

Hỡi người yêu dấu, tại đó, bậc nam nhân ưu tú nên đặc biệt thực hành lễ phóng thí bò đực (vṛṣotsarga), để diệt trừ mọi tội lỗi và làm hoan hỷ các bậc tổ tiên (Pitṛ).

Word by Word

• वृषोत्सर्गः: the releasing of a bull (vṛṣotsarga rite)
• वृषोत्सर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष + उत्सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृषस्य उत्सर्गः)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Avyaya-like (Adverbial instrument/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (in a special manner)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• कार्यः: should be performed
• कार्यः: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्प्रत्यय—यत् (gerundive/भाव्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (to be done)

• नरोत्तमैः: by the best of men
• नरोत्तमैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (उत्तमाः नराः)

• सर्वपापविनाशाय: for the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापविनाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपाप + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वपापानां विनाशः)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• प्रीतये: for the satisfaction
• प्रीतये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• प्रिये: O beloved (lady)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trisaṅgama (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sacred confluence near the sea, a noble pilgrim ceremonially releases a decorated bull, offering water-libations to ancestors while priests chant; tīrtha landscape with ghāṭa, flags, and distant shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣotsarga (bull-release)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Trisaṅgama/Miśratīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit is perfected by dharmic gifting: acts like vṛṣotsarga at a tīrtha purify the doer and bring benefit to the ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha in this chapter—Trisaṅgama/Miśratīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra—where vṛṣotsarga is especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform vṛṣotsarga (ritual dedication/release of a bull) at the site for destruction of sins and for pleasing the Pitṛs.