Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एवं गुप्तप्रयागस्य माहात्म्यं कथितं तव । श्रुत्वाभिनन्द्य पुरुषः प्राप्नुयाच्छंकरालयम्

Transliteration

evaṃ guptaprayāgasya māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ tava | śrutvābhinandya puruṣaḥ prāpnuyācchaṃkarālayam

Translation

So ist dir die Größe von Guptaprayāga verkündet worden. Wer sie hört und sich daran erfreut, gelangt zur Wohnstatt Śaṅkaras.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner-adverb)

• गुप्तप्रयागस्य: of (the) Guptaprayāga
• गुप्तप्रयागस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुप्त-प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, sacred glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc); एकवचन

• कथितम्: told, narrated
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तव: to you / of you
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकाल (having done earlier)

• अभिनन्द्य: having praised/approved
• अभिनन्द्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि-नन्द् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘श्रुत्वा’ इव पूर्वकर्म

• पुरुषः: a man, person
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• प्राप्नुयात्: may attain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शंकरालयम्: Śaṅkara’s abode (Śiva’s abode)
• शंकरालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर-आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (within the Guptaprayāga-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptaprayāga

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage narrates Guptaprayāga-māhātmya to a listener; upon hearing, the listener rejoices; above them, a vision of Śaṅkara’s abode—Kailāsa-like realm with Śiva—appears as a promised destination.

Characters & Entities

• Guptaprayāga
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even hearing and honoring tīrtha-māhātmya is framed as spiritually transformative and Śiva-oriented in its fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Guptaprayāga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) and abhinandana (reverent assent/celebration) of the māhātmya are emphasized as meritorious acts.