Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं सर्वमजादेव्याः समुद्भवम् । सर्वदुःखोपशमनं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ sarvamajādevyāḥ samudbhavam | sarvaduḥkhopaśamanaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

So habe ich dir vollständig den Ursprung der Ajā Devī verkündet—eine heilige Erzählung, die alles Leid besänftigt und alle Sünde vernichtet.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative/thus)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-रूपसम्भवः; अत्र चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन—'तुभ्यम्' अर्थे

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshya (Qualified noun/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अजादेव्याः: of the goddess Ajā
• अजादेव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजा + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—अजा-देवी (कर्मधारयः: 'अजा नाम देवी')

• समुद्भवम्: origin, arising
• समुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-उद्-भू (धातु) → समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वदुःखोपशमनम्: pacification of all sorrows
• सर्वदुःखोपशमनम्: Visheshana (Predicate nominal/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + दुःख + उपशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वदुःख (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) + उपशमन (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destruction of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Predicate nominal/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वपातक (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) + नाशन (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajā Devī / Ajāpāleśvarī (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified interlocutor(s) in the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm closing tableau: the narrator concludes the origin-story of Ajā Devī; devotees sit in attentive rows within a sacred grove/temple precinct of Prabhāsa, with Somnātha-like coastal ambience implied.

Characters & Entities

• Ajā Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening to and preserving sacred origins (samudbhava) is itself purifying—removing grief and dissolving sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through the concluding praise of Ajā Devī’s sacred manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, śravaṇa (hearing) of the māhātmya is presented as a purifier; no specific external rite is stated in this verse.