Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

एतत्ते कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । बलातिबलनाशिन्या देव्या सर्वार्थसाधकम् । प्रभासक्षेत्रसंस्थायाः संक्षेपात्कीर्तिवर्धनम्

Transliteration

etatte kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | balātibalanāśinyā devyā sarvārthasādhakam | prabhāsakṣetrasaṃsthāyāḥ saṃkṣepātkīrtivardhanam

Translation

يا إلهة، هكذا قُصَّ عليكِ هذا المَجْدُ المُبيدُ للخطايا—مجدُ الإلهةِ التي تُهلكُ بَلاتيبَلا—المُحقِّقةُ لكلِّ المقاصد. وهو ذكرٌ موجزٌ للمعبودةِ المُقيمةِ في برابهاسَكشيترا، يزيدُ الذِّكرَ الحسنَ والصيتَ المقدّس.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सन्दर्भवाचक (this)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे/सम्बन्धे (to you/your)

• कथितम्: has been narrated
• कथितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (it has been told)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; एतत्-विशेष्य

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pāpānāṃ nāśanam)

• बलातिबलनाशिन्या: by the destroyer of Bala and Atibala
• बलातिबलनाशिन्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बल + अतिबल + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (balātibalayoḥ nāśinī)

• देव्या: by the Goddess
• देव्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अपादान/करणार्थे सहप्रयोगः

• सर्वार्थसाधकम्: accomplisher of all aims
• सर्वार्थसाधकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अर्थ + साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣām arthānāṃ sādhakam)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रसंस्थायाः: of the establishment in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• प्रभासक्षेत्रसंस्थायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + क्षेत्र + संस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (prabhāsa-kṣetre saṃsthā)

• संक्षेपात्: briefly / in summary
• संक्षेपात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (from/briefly)

• कीर्तिवर्धनम्: increaser of fame
• कीर्तिवर्धनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्ति + वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kīrteḥ vardhanam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (Devī established there)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Closing scene: a sage/narrator addressing the Goddess, presenting a concise māhātmya; behind them the Prabhāsa shrine glows; the Devī ‘Balātibalanāśinī’ is envisioned as protective, radiant, granting boons and cleansing sin.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Balātibala (Daitya)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and remembering the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa-residing Goddess is presented as sin-destroying and goal-fulfilling (sarvārtha-sādhaka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra—the sacred region of Prabhāsa—is explicitly named as the seat of the praised Devī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A phalaśruti-style injunction: to hear/recite the Māhātmya, which itself is treated as a meritorious act yielding purification and success.