Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

एतत्संक्षेपतो देवि माहात्म्यं कीर्तितं तव । मूलचण्डीशदेवस्य श्रुतं पातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

etatsaṃkṣepato devi māhātmyaṃ kīrtitaṃ tava | mūlacaṇḍīśadevasya śrutaṃ pātakanāśanam

Translation

So, o Göttin, ist deine Größe in Kürze verkündet worden. Das Hören von der Gottheit Mūlacaṇḍīśa wird zum Vernichter der Sünden.

Word by Word

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

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त) — 'संक्षेपतः' = briefly/in summary

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

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

• kīrtitam: has been narrated
• kīrtitam: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kīrt (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; with implied 'asti'

• tava: of you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• mūla-caṇḍīśa-devasya: of (the deity) Mūla-Caṇḍīśa
• mūla-caṇḍīśa-devasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla+caṇḍīśa+deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• śrutam: heard
• śrutam: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) used as predicate; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'heard/learned'

• pātaka-nāśanam: sin-destroying
• pātaka-nāśanam: Karta (Attribute/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātaka+nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पातकस्य नाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies 'माहात्म्यम्/श्रुतम्'

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mūlacaṇḍīśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the praise of the Goddess and Mūlacaṇḍīśa; listeners sit in reverent silence, sensing sins dissolving through hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Mūlacaṇḍīśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even hearing a tīrtha/deity māhātmya with faith is upheld as a purifying act that reduces sin and strengthens devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra through the specific praise of Mūlacaṇḍīśa and his māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the māhātmya of Mūlacaṇḍīśa—is stated to be pāpahara (sin-destroying).