Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

इत्येवं देवदेवस्य माहात्म्यं दीप्तदीधितेः । कथितं तव सुश्रोणि सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

ityevaṃ devadevasya māhātmyaṃ dīptadīdhiteḥ | kathitaṃ tava suśroṇi sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

So, o Schönhüftige, ist dir die Größe des Gottes der Götter, des strahlend Leuchtenden, verkündet worden; sie vernichtet alle Sünden.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• evam: in this way
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• devadevasya: of the god of gods
• devadevasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—देवानां देवः (god of gods)

• māhātmyam: greatness; glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन

• dīptadīdhiteḥ: of the radiant-rayed one (Sun)
• dīptadīdhiteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpta + dīdhiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—दीप्ताः दीधितयः यस्य (or ‘bright-rayed’ as epithet)

• kathitam: has been told
• kathitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु) + kathita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• tava: to you; for you
• tava: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• suśroṇi: O fair-hipped lady
• suśroṇi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suśroṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—सु-श्रोणी यस्याः (one with beautiful hips)

• sarvapāpapraṇāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarvapāpapraṇāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + pāpa + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying māhātmyam); समासः—सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशनम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara), inferred from the next adhyāya opening 'īśvara uvāca'

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandāditya (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A goddess addressed as ‘suśroṇi’ (contextually Pārvatī/Mahādevī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine narrator concludes the account to a goddess-like listener (‘suśroṇi’), with a radiant Devadeva presence implied as a blazing aura behind the scene; the atmosphere is calm, conclusive, and purifying.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Pārvatī
• Devadeva
• Dīptadīdhiti (radiant deity, i.e., Sūrya/Nandāditya glory)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening to and preserving tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifying dharma that destroys sin and strengthens devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the Nandāditya māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is śravaṇa (hearing) of māhātmya as a sin-destroying act; no specific external rite is prescribed in this verse.