Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एतन्माहात्म्यमतुलं विष्णुपादोद्भवं तथा । यः शृणोति हरौ भक्त्या सर्वपापैः स मुच्यते

Transliteration

etanmāhātmyamatulaṃ viṣṇupādodbhavaṃ tathā | yaḥ śṛṇoti harau bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ sa mucyate

Translation

Diese unvergleichliche Herrlichkeit, die aus den eigenen Füßen Viṣṇus hervorgegangen ist: Wer sie in Hingabe an Hari vernimmt, wird von allen Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (एतद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• māhātmyam: greatness, sacred account
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (माहात्म्य, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• atulam: incomparable
• atulam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atula (अतुल, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• viṣṇu-pāda-udbhavam: originating from Vishnu’s feet
• viṣṇu-pāda-udbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu (विष्णु, प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (पाद, प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (उद्भव, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः पादात् उद्भवम्)

• tathā: and also, thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा, अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/thus)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• śṛṇoti: he hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• harau: in/with regard to Hari
• harau: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (हरि, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Apādāna (Ablative-sense via instrumental in passive/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व, प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (पाप, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya context within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa): a Purāṇic narrator concluding with phalaśruti for hearing (śravaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (māhātmya-śravaṇa-phala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional assembly listens to the Dvārakā-māhātmya; Hari/Vişṇu’s feet are symbolically shown as the source of sanctity, with a radiant aura washing away dark ‘pāpa’ forms.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening to sacred glorifications (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a purifying spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā Māhātmya is being praised; the passage frames its sanctity as rooted in Viṣṇu’s supreme holiness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) with bhakti to Hari is prescribed as a means for sarva-pāpa-kṣaya (release from sins).