Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा पूजितं चैव मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वपातकैः । संपूज्य च विधानेन न दुःखी जायते नरः

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjitaṃ caiva muktaḥ syātsarvapātakaiḥ | saṃpūjya ca vidhānena na duḥkhī jāyate naraḥ

Translation

见到圣尊并加以礼拜者，便能解脱一切罪业；又若依仪轨如法供奉，世人不再生于忧苦之中。

Word by Word

• tam: him/that (liṅga)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of dṛṣṭvā)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभावः

• pūjitam: worshipped
• pūjitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (tam इति) विशेषणम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (emphasis)

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषणम्

• syāt: would be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sarvapātakaiḥ: from all sins
• sarvapātakaiḥ: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-pātaka (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पातक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन; अपादान (ablative: from)

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃ-pūj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund), अव्ययभावः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• vidhānena: by the prescribed procedure
• vidhānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (means/manner)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• duḥkhī: unhappy/sorrowful
• duḥkhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषणम्

• jāyate: is born / becomes
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vicitreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches the Vicitreśvara liṅga, offers water, bilva, incense, and lamps; the liṅga shines; dark ‘sin’ motifs dissolve into light; the devotee’s face shifts from worry to serenity, indicating freedom from sorrowful rebirth.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (seeing the deity) and proper pūjā performed according to vidhi are portrayed as powerful means for sin-removal and freedom from sorrow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Vicitreśvara context within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) should be done ‘vidhānena’—according to prescribed ritual procedure—emphasizing correctness and devotion.