Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

य एतां चैव शृणुयाद्रुद्रैकादशसंहिताम् । तस्य क्षेत्रफलं सर्वं प्रभासांतरवासिनः

Transliteration

ya etāṃ caiva śṛṇuyādrudraikādaśasaṃhitām | tasya kṣetraphalaṃ sarvaṃ prabhāsāṃtaravāsinaḥ

Translation

Wer diese Zusammenstellung über die elf Rudras hört, erlangt die ganze Frucht des heiligen Feldes von Prabhāsa, als ob er selbst in Prabhāsa wohnte.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; relative pronoun (यः = 'who')

• etām: this (f.)
• etām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

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

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

• śṛṇuyāt: should hear
• śṛṇuyāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rudraikādaśasaṃhitām: the compendium of the eleven Rudras
• rudraikādaśasaṃhitām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + ekādaśa (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देशात्मक: 'रुद्र-एकादशानां संहिता'

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; 'of him'

• kṣetraphalam: the fruit of the sacred place
• kṣetraphalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'क्षेत्रस्य फलम्'

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying kṣetraphalam)

• prabhāsāṃtaravāsinaḥ: of the resident within Prabhāsa (kṣetra)
• prabhāsāṃtaravāsinaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsin (वस धातु-निष्ठ/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'प्रभास-अन्तरे वासी' → 'of the one dwelling within Prabhāsa'

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation assembly: a learned narrator chants the Ekādaśa Rudra compilation; listeners sit with folded hands; behind them appears a visionary overlay of Prabhāsa’s shrine and coastline, indicating ‘as if dwelling there’.

Characters & Entities

• Eleven Rudras
• Prabhāsa
• Śravaṇa (hearing)
• Kṣetra-phala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of sacred māhātmya is itself a potent spiritual act that can confer pilgrimage-like merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose full merit is promised through hearing this account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the Rudra-ekādaśa account—is presented as the key practice.