Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

इत्येष ते समाख्यातो योगेश्वर्या महोत्सवः । पठतां शृण्वतां चैव सर्वाशुभविनाशनः

Transliteration

ityeṣa te samākhyāto yogeśvaryā mahotsavaḥ | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva sarvāśubhavināśanaḥ

Translation

So ist dir das große Fest Yogeśvarīs dargelegt worden; für die, die es rezitieren, und die, die es hören, wird es zum Vernichter alles Unheilvollen.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/इत्यर्थकः)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) / चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अत्र दत्त-सम्बन्धे चतुर्थी (to you) अधिकयुक्ता

• samākhyātaḥ: has been narrated
• samākhyātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√khyā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः; ‘समाख्यात’ = ‘told/declared’

• yogeśvaryāḥ: of Yogeśvarī
• yogeśvaryāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogeśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• mahotsavaḥ: great festival
• mahotsavaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + utsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् उत्सवः)

• paṭhatām: of those who recite
• paṭhatām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (धातु) + śatṛ/śānac (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘पठताम्’ = ‘of those who recite/read’

• śṛṇvatām: of those who listen
• śṛṇvatām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + śatṛ/śānac (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘शृण्वताम्’ = ‘of those who listen’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• sarvāśubha-vināśanaḥ: destroyer of all inauspiciousness
• sarvāśubha-vināśanaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + aśubha + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषाम् अशुभानां विनाशनः)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yogeśvarī-mahotsava (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed earlier as Deveśi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation assembly in a temple courtyard: a paurāṇika reads the Yogeśvarī-mahotsava to attentive listeners; above, auspicious symbols (kalasha, lamps) and a subtle aura indicating ‘aśubha’ dissolving like smoke.

Characters & Entities

• Yogeśvarī
• Māhātmya (festival account)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening and recitation (śravaṇa–pāṭha) are themselves purifying acts that remove aśubha when connected to a deity’s māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the narration of Yogeśvarī’s mahotsava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha (recitation/reading) and śravaṇa (hearing) of the Yogeśvarī mahotsava narrative.