Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

गयाश्राद्धफलं कृत्यं तेषां देवि भविष्यति त्वद्दर्शनात्तथा मुक्तिः पातकस्य भविष्यति

Transliteration

gayāśrāddhaphalaṃ kṛtyaṃ teṣāṃ devi bhaviṣyati tvaddarśanāttathā muktiḥ pātakasya bhaviṣyati

Translation

女神啊，此仪轨将得如同伽耶施罗陀之果报；并且因得见汝之达尔善，亦能解脱诸罪。

Word by Word

• gayā-śrāddha-phalam: the fruit of the Gayā-śrāddha
• gayā-śrāddha-phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (गया) + śrāddha (श्राद्ध) + phala (फल)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (determinative): गयायां श्राद्धस्य फलम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• kṛtyam: proper/efficacious (as a rite)
• kṛtyam: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + yat (यत्)
• Form: कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्तं कृदन्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (to be done/fit to be performed → here ‘effective/meritorious’)

• teṣām: of them/for them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• tvat-darśanāt: from seeing you/by your दर्शन
• tvat-darśanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद्) + darśana (दर्शन)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: तव दर्शनम्; पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गम्

• tathā: also/thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb)

• muktiḥ: liberation, release
• muktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (मुक्ति) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• pātakasya: of sin
• pātakasya: Sambandha (Of-relationship/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (पातक) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Devi-tīrtha (Arbuda-khaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (vocative ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee couple completes piṇḍadāna and then approaches a Devi sanctum; the Goddess is shown as compassionate yet powerful, granting pāpa-vimocana; a subtle visual cue references Gayā (e.g., a symbolic footmark/viṣṇupada motif) to indicate equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Gayā
• Śrāddha
• Darśana
• Pātaka (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can grant fruits comparable to famed pilgrimage centers, and Devī-darśana is affirmed as sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-kṣetra āśrama/tīrtha is praised as conferring results equal to Gayā-śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha-related piṇḍa rites (implied from the previous verse) and Devī-darśana as a means for pāpa-mukti.