Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यच्छ्रुत्वा मानवो देवि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । ये केचित्सागरांतायां पृथिव्यां कीर्तिता द्विजाः

Transliteration

yacchrutvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ | ye kecitsāgarāṃtāyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ kīrtitā dvijāḥ

Translation

Hearing this, O Devī, a person is freed from all sins. Whatever Brāhmaṇas are renowned across the earth bounded by the ocean—their glory is encompassed herein.

Word by Word

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पातक-शब्दः सामान्यतः नपुंसक), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-यत् (relative)

• केचित्: some, certain
• केचित्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क + चित् (सर्वनाम/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun: some)

• सागरान्तायाम्: in (the earth) bounded by the ocean
• सागरान्तायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सागरः अन्तः यस्याः)

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कीर्तिताः: are proclaimed/mentioned
• कीर्तिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्तित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कीर्त्/कीर्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-प्रत्यय (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• द्विजाः: brāhmaṇas (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares that merely hearing this account frees one from all sins; the fame of brāhmaṇas across the ocean-bounded world is invoked, suggesting a cosmic scope.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Brāhmaṇas (dvija)
• Earth bounded by the ocean

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of dharma and māhātmya is itself purifying and destroys pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through a teaching whose hearing grants liberation from sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the sacred exposition with faith—is presented as a purifying practice.