Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

कौर्म्यं मात्स्यं गारुडं च वायवीयमनन्तरम् । अष्टादशं समुद्दिष्टं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

kaurmyaṃ mātsyaṃ gāruḍaṃ ca vāyavīyamanantaram | aṣṭādaśaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

(And) the Kaurma, the Mātsya, the Gāruḍa, and next the Vāyavīya—thus the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas are declared, destroyers of all sin.

Word by Word

• कौर्म्यम्: the Kūrma Purāṇa
• कौर्म्यम्: Karta (Enumerated item/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; पुराणनाम

• मात्स्यम्: the Matsya Purāṇa
• मात्स्यम्: Karta (Enumerated item/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्स्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; पुराणनाम

• गारुडम्: the Garuḍa Purāṇa
• गारुडम्: Karta (Enumerated item/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गारुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; पुराणनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• वायवीयम्: the Vāyavīya Purāṇa
• वायवीयम्: Karta (Enumerated item/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायवीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; पुराणनाम

• अनन्तरम्: next, immediately thereafter
• अनन्तरम्: Kāla-krama (Sequence marker/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्ययम् (immediately/next)

• अष्टादशम्: eighteen
• अष्टादशम्: Karta (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट (संख्या) + दश (संख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (अष्ट च दश च = अष्टादश) संख्याविशेषणम्

• समुद्दिष्टम्: declared, enumerated
• समुद्दिष्टम्: Kriyā (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + उद् (उपसर्ग) + दिश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: दिश्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (past participle: has been declared/enumerated)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्) विधेय-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (implied continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mandala of eighteen manuscript bundles encircling a central flame of purification; sages chant while waves of darkness (sins) dissolve, with Prabhāsa’s coastal radiance behind.

Characters & Entities

• Kūrma Purāṇa
• Matsya Purāṇa
• Garuḍa Purāṇa
• Vāyu Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Engagement with the Mahāpurāṇas is portrayed as purifying—supporting dharma and removing accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, Purāṇa-śravaṇa/adhyayana (hearing/studying Purāṇas) is upheld as sin-destroying, though not detailed as a formal rite here.