Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैः शिवलोकं स गच्छति । सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं गंगासागरसंगमे

Transliteration

mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ śivalokaṃ sa gacchati | saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

Người ấy được giải thoát khỏi mọi tội lỗi và đi đến cõi của Śiva. Như lời nói về nơi hợp lưu giữa sông Gaṅgā và biển cả: tội lỗi tích tụ qua bảy đời…

Word by Word

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'is released'

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Ablative sense via instrumental/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन — 'by/from sins'

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन — 'all' (qualifying पातकैः)

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'शिवस्य लोकः'

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'he'

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'goes'

• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: done in seven births
• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त-जन्म-कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'सप्तसु जन्मसु कृतम्' (done in seven births)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — 'sin'

• गंगासागरसंगमे: at the Gaṅgā–ocean confluence
• गंगासागरसंगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गंगा-सागर-संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला: 'गंगायाः सागरस्य च संगमः' (confluence)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from section flow; verse continues comparison into next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (with comparative reference to Gaṅgā–Sāgara-saṅgama)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-scene: left shows Prabhāsa pilgrims emerging from sacred waters, radiant and purified, with a Śiva-loka vision above (Śiva’s luminous realm); right shows the Gaṅgā meeting the ocean at Gangāsāgara as a comparative emblem, with seven faint shadow-layers symbolizing ‘seven births’ dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-loka
• Gaṅgā
• Sāgara
• Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is framed as both moral purification (release from sins) and devotional destiny (attainment of Śiva-loka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is being praised, with a comparative reference to Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, tīrtha observance leading to purification; the explicit bathing detail is developed in the surrounding verses.