Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

इदं रहस्यं संख्यातं माहात्म्यं तव भामिनि । रुद्राणां पापशमनं श्रुतं पुण्यविवर्द्धनम्

Transliteration

idaṃ rahasyaṃ saṃkhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ tava bhāmini | rudrāṇāṃ pāpaśamanaṃ śrutaṃ puṇyavivarddhanam

Translation

O strahlende Dame, dieses Geheimnis—diese wohlaufgezählte Größe—ist dir verkündet worden; man hört, es tilge Sünden und mehre Verdienst, den Rudras heilig.

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• rahasyam: secret/mystery
• rahasyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saṃkhyātam: has been declared
• saṃkhyātam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-khyā (संख्या/ख्या धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'has been told/declared'

• māhātmyam: greatness (sacred glory)
• māhātmyam: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to rahasyam

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

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; vocative

• rudrāṇām: of the Rudras
• rudrāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• pāpaśamanam: pacification of sin
• pāpaśamanam: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + śamana (शम् धातु-ल्युट्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'पापस्य शमनम्'

• śrutam: is heard/has been heard
• śrutam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'heard/learned' (as predicate)

• puṇyavivarddhanam: increase of merit
• puṇyavivarddhanam: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + vivardhana (वृध् धातु-ल्युट्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'पुण्यस्य विवर्धनम्'

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually: Īśvara/Śiva addressing Devī/ Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (bhāminī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī in a quiet, intimate teaching moment; the ‘rahasya’ is conveyed as sacred speech, with Devī attentive, the background suggesting Prabhāsa’s sanctity (sea-breeze, temple silhouette).

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Rudras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and preserving the sacred māhātmya is itself a purifying act that destroys sin and increases puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, praising the sanctity of Prabhāsa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on śravaṇa (devout hearing) of the māhātmya as a source of merit.