Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पातितो यत्प्रदेशे तु तेन ज्वालेश्वरः स्मृतः । तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

pātito yatpradeśe tu tena jvāleśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Vì nó rơi xuống đúng vùng ấy nên được ghi nhớ là Jvāleśvara. Hỡi Nữ Thần, chỉ cần nhìn thấy nơi ấy, con người được giải thoát khỏi mọi tội lỗi.

Word by Word

• pātitaḥ: (he/it) fallen/caused to fall
• pātitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātita (कृदन्त; √pat (धातु) caus./pass.)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) — ‘caused to fall/struck down’

• yat: in which
• yat: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक ‘in which’

• pradeśe: in the place/region
• pradeśe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• tena: by that/therefore
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• jvāleśvaraḥ: Lord of the Flame (Jvāleśvara)
• jvāleśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jvāla + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘jvālāyāḥ īśvaraḥ’)

• smṛtaḥ: is called/known as
• smṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) — ‘is called/remembered’ (passive sense)

• tam: him/that (one)
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛṣṭvā (कृदन्त; √dṛś (धातु))
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having seen’

• mānavaḥ: a human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• sarva-pātakaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pātakaiḥ: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे अपादान/हेतु-भावः; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (‘all sins’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jvāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees approach a glowing liṅga named Jvāleśvara; the aura suggests residual flame-tejas; a devotee’s posture conveys release and purification as the shrine’s radiance washes over them.

Characters & Entities

• Jvāleśvara
• Devī (addressee)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a sanctified liṅga is presented as a powerful purifier, dissolving accumulated pāpa through sacred contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jvāleśvara liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (visiting/seeing) is itself prescribed as efficacious; no additional rite is specified here.