Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

इति सर्वं समासेन माहात्म्यं शुक्रदैवतम् । कथितं तव सुश्रोणि श्रुतं पापभयापहम्

Transliteration

iti sarvaṃ samāsena māhātmyaṃ śukradaivatam | kathitaṃ tava suśroṇi śrutaṃ pāpabhayāpaham

Translation

So, o du Schönhüftige, habe ich dir in Kürze die ganze Herrlichkeit der Gottheit Śukra verkündet; schon das bloße Hören vertreibt Sünde und Furcht.

Word by Word

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

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (object)

• समासेन: in brief; concisely
• समासेन: Karana (Means/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; प्रकारवाचक (in brief)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness; the glorification
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वम् इत्यस्य विशेष्य/अप्पोजिशन

• शुक्र: Śukra (Venus)
• शुक्र: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• दैवतम्: the deity of Śukra; Śukra-deity
• दैवतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: शुक्र-दैवतम् (Śukra as the presiding deity)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित (कृदन्त; √कथ् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (मया) कथितम् (implied agent)

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

• सुश्रोणि: O fair-hipped one
• सुश्रोणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-श्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः: सु + श्रोणि (beautiful-hipped)

• श्रुतम्: has been heard
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त; √श्रु (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (त्वया) श्रुतम् (implied agent)

• पाप: sin
• पाप: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• भय: fear
• भय: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• अपहम्: removing sin and fear
• अपहम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपह (प्रातिपदिक; √अपह्/अपहृ (धातु) से)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: पाप-भय-अपहम् (पापभयम् अपहन्ति इति)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from narrative; address to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śukreśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as suśroṇi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding teaching scene: Īśvara (or narrator) addressing Devī with affectionate epithet, indicating that the Śukreśvara-māhātmya has been summarized; the atmosphere is calm, devotional, and protective (fear dispelled).

Characters & Entities

• Śukra (Venus)
• Devī (implied listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself meritorious and dispels inner fear and karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra through the Śukreśvara-related māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the māhātmya with faith (a standard Purāṇic observance).