Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तमादित्येशमहोदयम् । श्रुत्वाऽवधार्य यत्नेन मुच्यते कर्मबंधनैः

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktamādityeśamahodayam | śrutvā'vadhārya yatnena mucyate karmabaṃdhanaiḥ

Translation

So ist in Kürze die große Herrlichkeit Ādityeśas verkündet worden. Wer sie hört und sie achtsam bewahrt, wird von den Fesseln des Karma befreit.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: briefly/in summary)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त (past passive participle) — said/declared

• आदित्येशमहोदयम्: the great glory of Ādityeśa
• आदित्येशमहोदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + ईश + महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — the great glory of Ādityeśa

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — having heard

• अवधार्य: having understood
• अवधार्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+धृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष अव्यय (Gerund; -य ending) — having ascertained/considered

• यत्नेन: with effort
• यत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — with effort

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — is released

• कर्मबंधनैः: from the bonds of karma
• कर्मबंधनैः: Apadana (Ablative sense via Instrumental/अपादानार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन — from/by the bonds of karma

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator recites the glory of Ādityeśa to attentive pilgrims/sages seated in a sacred assembly; the liṅga shrine and coastal light suggest Prabhāsa’s sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Ādityeśa
• Karma-bandha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and dhāraṇa (internalizing) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a liberating spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādityeśa/Ādityeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Attentive hearing and careful contemplation/retention of the māhātmya are prescribed as a means to loosen karma-bonds.