Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यश्चेदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या तव देवि समुद्भवम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स प्राप्नोतु परां गतिम्

Transliteration

yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā tava devi samudbhavam | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa prāpnotu parāṃ gatim

Translation

„Und wer in Hingabe die Kunde von deinem Erscheinen hört, o Göttin, von allen Sünden befreit, möge den höchsten Zustand erlangen.“

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular (relative pronoun)

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

• इदम्: this (hymn/episode)
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (सम्भावना/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive, Singular

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

• समुद्भवम्: origin/manifestation
• समुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + उद् + भू (धातु) + अप्/घञ् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular (qualifying इदम्: ‘this arising-from-you’)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विनिर्मुक्त (मुच् धातु + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेभ्यः पापेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Past participial adjective, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राप्नोतु: may he attain
• प्राप्नोतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आशीर्लिङ्गवत्/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; Imperative/benedictive sense, 3rd person, Singular

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular (qualifying गतिम्)

• गतिम्: state, destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

Devas (stotra-phala style blessing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gathered assembly at Prabhāsa listens devoutly to a reciter narrating the Devī’s manifestation; a subtle aura of purification surrounds the listeners, suggesting sins falling away and ascent toward the supreme state.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devout listening (śravaṇa) to sacred narratives purifies sin and orients the listener toward the highest spiritual end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Goddess’s māhātmya is heard and celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devotional hearing) of the Goddess’s samudbhava (origin/manifestation account) is praised as spiritually efficacious.