Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तद्दृष्ट्वा तु महादेवि स्पृष्ट्वा च सुसमाहितः । संपूज्य विधिवद्भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषात्

Transliteration

taddṛṣṭvā tu mahādevi spṛṣṭvā ca susamāhitaḥ | saṃpūjya vidhivadbhaktyā mucyate sarvakilbiṣāt

Translation

Ô Đại Nữ Thần, khi đã chiêm bái, chạm đến với tâm chuyên nhất, và thờ phụng đúng nghi pháp bằng lòng sùng kính—người ấy được giải thoát khỏi mọi cấu uế và tội lỗi.

Word by Word

• tat: that (liṅga/place)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘that’ (object of seeing)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• spṛṣṭvā: having touched
• spṛṣṭvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• su-samāhitaḥ: well-composed, fully concentrated
• su-samāhitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय) + sam-ā-hita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from dhā/hi?)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सुसमाहित’ = सु + समाहित (अव्ययीभाव-पूर्वपद), विशेषण

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• vidhivat-bhaktyā: with proper devotion
• vidhivat-bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhivat (अव्यय) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘विधिवत्’ क्रियाविशेषण (properly) उपपदवत्

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is released)

• sarva-kilbiṣāt: from all sin
• sarva-kilbiṣāt: Apādāna (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वकिल्बिष = सर्वं किल्बिषम् (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uttaṅkeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before the Uttaṅkeśvara liṅga, hands steady, eyes lowered in concentration; he touches the liṅga reverently and performs orderly pūjā—water pouring, bilva leaves, lamp—while a subtle aura suggests ‘kilbiṣa’ dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Uttaṅkeśvara (implied)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Darśana
• Sparśana
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent engagement—seeing, touching, and worshipping with inner focus—purifies the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Uttaṅkeśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform darśana (seeing), sparśana (touching) with concentration, and vidhi-vat pūjā (rule-based worship) with bhakti.