Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
तस्यैव देवि देवस्य शृणु माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
Transliteration
tasyaiva devi devasya śṛṇu māhātmyamuttamam
Translation
“And now, O goddess, listen to the supreme māhātmya—the exalted glory—of that very deity.”
Word by Word
तस्यof that
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध
एवindeed; just
एव:
Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle: 'indeed/just')
देविO goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (तस्य इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन)
शृणुhear; listen
शृणु:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
माहात्म्यम्glory; greatness
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (शृणु)
उत्तमम्excellent; supreme
उत्तमम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formगुणवाचक-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; माहात्म्यम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (presiding deity’s māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Devī
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Close-up of Śiva teaching Devī; a haloed deity-emblem (liṅga) appears in a thought-cloud, indicating the forthcoming glory narration.
Characters & Entities
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Īśvara (Śiva)M
Mahādevī (Pārvatī)FAQs
Approaching a tīrtha is paired with śravaṇa (devotional listening), framing sacred geography as lived theology.
The context is Prabhāsa kṣetra; this verse introduces the forthcoming praise rather than naming a new sub-tīrtha.
Śravaṇa—listening attentively to the māhātmya—is prescribed as a devotional act.