Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तथा श्रीपद्मनाभं तु श्रीवत्सं तु महाप्रभम् । तथा च पापसंहारं सर्वकामप्रदं तथा

Transliteration

tathā śrīpadmanābhaṃ tu śrīvatsaṃ tu mahāprabham | tathā ca pāpasaṃhāraṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ tathā

Translation

亦有“室利莲华脐”（Śrīpadmanābha）；“室利跋蹉”（Śrīvatsa），大放光明者。又有“灭罪者”（Pāpasaṃhāra），以及“赐一切欲者”（Sarvakāmaprada）。

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)

• श्रीपद्मनाभम्: Śrīpadmanābha (name)
• श्रीपद्मनाभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-पद्म-नाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (पद्म इव नाभिः यस्य/पद्मनाभः; ‘श्री’ उपपद-पूर्वपद)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• श्रीवत्सम्: Śrīvatsa (name)
• श्रीवत्सम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीवत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• महाप्रभम्: Mahāprabha (great-lustrous; name)
• महाप्रभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (महान् प्रभः/प्रभुः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• पापसंहारम्: Pāpasaṃhāra (destroyer of sin; name)
• पापसंहारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-संहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (पापस्य संहारः)

• सर्वकामप्रदम्: Sarvakāmaprada (giver of all desires; name)
• सर्वकामप्रदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-काम-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति इति)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (reiterative)

Speaker

Śiva (in dialogue with Devī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śrīpadmanābha/Śrīvatsa/Pāpasaṃhāra/Sarvakāmaprada stations)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant deity-marked presence: lotus-navel symbolism (Padmanābha), the Śrīvatsa mark on the chest, and a purifying light that burns away dark sin-clouds; devotees offer lotus and tulasī while the sea glimmers nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śrīpadmanābha
• Śrīvatsa
• Pāpasaṃhāra
• Sarvakāmaprada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of the place is expressed through its divine names, promising purification from sin and the fulfillment of rightful aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s central sacred presence, praised through multiple epithets.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it continues a litany of names used for remembrance and praise.