Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एतत्संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं पातालोत्तरमध्यतः । तच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते देवि सर्वापद्भ्यो नरोत्तमः

Transliteration

etatsaṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ pātālottaramadhyataḥ | tacchrutvā mucyate devi sarvāpadbhyo narottamaḥ

Translation

هذا قد قيل على سبيل الإيجاز، مقتبسًا من القسم الأوسط من «باتالوتّرا». ومن سمعه، يا ديفي، تحرّرَ خيرُ الناس من جميع الشدائد والنوائب.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Prakaraṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘briefly/in summary’

• proktam: said; declared
• proktam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• pātāla-uttara-madhyataḥ: from the middle of the northern (region) of Pātāla
• pātāla-uttara-madhyataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pātāla + uttara + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; समासः—तत्पुरुष (pātālasya uttaram; tasya madhyam) + -taḥ ‘from/according to’; ‘from the middle of the northern part of Pātāla’ (locative-source sense)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• mucyate: is freed; is released
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• sarvāpadbhyaḥ: from all calamities
• sarvāpadbhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + āpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (sarvāḥ āpadaḥ)

• narottamaḥ: the best of men; noble man
• narottamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (uttamaḥ naraḥ)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextually within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (māhātmya-śravaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage narrates a condensed sacred account to the Goddess; listeners sit in a calm assembly, and a protective aura symbolically dispels dark clouds of misfortune as the words of Pātālottara are spoken.

Characters & Entities

• Pātālottara
• Prabhāsa (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to māhātmya literature is itself a dharmic practice that grants protection and removes adversity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the implied sacred focus, as this verse concludes a Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing (śravaṇa) the sacred account is presented as the efficacious practice leading to freedom from calamities.