Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावत्क्षेत्रकारणम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मानवो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yathāvatkṣetrakāraṇam | yacchrutvā mānavo bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Īśvara said: Listen, O Goddess; I shall explain properly the cause of this sacred region—hearing which, a person, through devotion, is freed from all sins.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

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

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain/tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यथावत्: properly, as it is
• यथावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• क्षेत्रकारणम्: the cause/reason of the sacred place
• क्षेत्रकारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative): क्षेत्रस्य कारणम्

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

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

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

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय: सर्वाणि पातकानि

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva begins the formal exposition: ‘Listen, Devī’—declaring that hearing the true cause of the kṣetra frees humans from all sins; a didactic, blessing-laden moment.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifier; devotion transforms knowledge into liberation from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, whose ‘kṣetra-kāraṇa’ (origin-cause) is about to be narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is śravaṇa—listening with bhakti to the māhātmya—as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-removal).