Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि शशापानमिति स्मृतम् । तस्यैव दक्षिणे तीर्थं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi śaśāpānamiti smṛtam | tasyaiva dakṣiṇe tīrthaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

Đức Īśvara phán: Rồi này Đại Nữ Thần, hãy đi đến nơi được gọi là Śaśāpāna. Ngay về phía nam của nơi ấy có một thánh địa (tīrtha) thiêng liêng, diệt trừ mọi tội lỗi.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence)

• gacchet: one should go
• gacchet: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative); एकवचन

• śaśāpānam: Śaśāpāna (name of a place/tīrtha)
• śaśāpānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśa-apāna (प्रातिपदिक; शश + अपान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-निपात (quotative particle)

• smṛtam: is remembered/known
• smṛtam: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; (here: 'is known/remembered')

• tasya: of it/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• dakṣiṇe: to the south (side)
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (directional locative)

• tīrtham: a sacred ford/pilgrimage spot
• tīrtham: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• sarvapāpapraṇāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarvapāpapraṇāśanam: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-pāpa-praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying tīrtham)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaśāpāna (and the southern tīrtha unnamed here)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī, pointing southward on a sacred map-like landscape of Prabhāsa; pilgrims walk along a coastal path toward Śaśāpāna and the sin-destroying tīrtha beyond.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Mahādevī
• Śaśāpāna
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva frames pilgrimage as a deliberate dharmic journey to sin-destroying tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaśāpāna and a nearby southern tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage instruction: ‘go’ (gacchet) to the site; bathing is implied later but not stated in this verse.