Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्दृष्टे मनुष्याणां पूजिते तु वरानने । नश्येच्च सप्तजन्माघं गृहभंगश्च नो भवेत्

Transliteration

yasmindṛṣṭe manuṣyāṇāṃ pūjite tu varānane | naśyecca saptajanmāghaṃ gṛhabhaṃgaśca no bhavet

Translation

噢，容颜姝丽的女神！仅仅得见此处——尤其以虔敬供奉礼拜——人们七世之罪皆得消灭，家宅亦不致败落。

Word by Word

• yasmin: in which (place/linga)
• yasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭe: when (it is) seen
• dṛṣṭe: Adhikaraṇa (Condition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘when seen/after being seen’

• manuṣyāṇām: of humans
• manuṣyāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive: of people)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• pūjite: when (it is) worshipped
• pūjite: Adhikaraṇa (Condition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘when worshipped’

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Nipāta (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः वरम् आननं यस्याः (कर्मधारय)

• naśyet: would perish; should be destroyed
• naśyet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• saptajanma-agham: sin of seven births
• saptajanma-agham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta + janma + agha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः सप्त जन्मानि यावत् तत् अघम् (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः; अत्र कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुषार्थः: ‘seven-birth sin’)

• gṛha-bhaṅgaḥ: house-destruction; ruin of the home
• gṛha-bhaṅgaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha + bhaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः गृहस्य भङ्गः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• naḥ: for us; our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive: for us/our)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक-रूप (enclitic)

• bhavet: would be; would happen
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratīśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Varānanā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees behold and worship Ratīśvara; a radiant liṅga bestows purification—seven births’ sins dissolve—and a household remains intact and prosperous.

Characters & Entities

• Ratīśvara
• Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana and pūjā at a sanctified Śiva-site are presented as transformative—purifying deep karmic residue and stabilizing worldly life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratīśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (located near Kāmeśvara as per the preceding verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing the deity) and pūjā (formal worship) are explicitly identified as the means to obtain the stated fruits.