Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इति वै कथितं सम्यक्फलं सांनिहितं तव । श्रुतं पापहरं नृणां सम्यक्छ्रद्धावतां प्रिये

Transliteration

iti vai kathitaṃ samyakphalaṃ sāṃnihitaṃ tava | śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ samyakchraddhāvatāṃ priye

Translation

Así, se te ha expuesto debidamente el fruto verdadero de Saṃnihityā. Oh amada, oído con fe sincera, se vuelve para los hombres un destructor de pecados.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यन्त-निपात (quotative: thus)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle: indeed)

• कथितम्: told/declared
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (said/told)

• सम्यक्फलम्: the proper fruit (true result)
• सम्यक्फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय/कर्म (proper fruit/result)

• सांनिहितम्: present/at hand
• सांनिहितम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्निहित (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + नि + धा/स्था-भाव)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त-स्वरूप, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (present/near/at hand)

• तव: of you/for you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive sg: of you)

• श्रुतम्: (this) hearing/what is heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त → श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) रूपेण नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘श्रुतम्’ = श्रवणं/श्रवणविषयः (that which is heard)

• पापहरम्: sin-destroying
• पापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (sin-removing)

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Of/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (genitive pl)

• सम्यक्छ्रद्धावताम्: of those who have proper faith
• सम्यक्छ्रद्धावताम्: Sambandha (Qualifier in genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय) + श्रद्धावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of those with proper faith)

• प्रिये: O dear (lady)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative: O dear one)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃnihityā

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding teaching scene: the narrator gently affirms that the ‘true fruit’ has been told; devotees listen with folded hands, the tīrtha’s aura implied rather than shown.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃnihityā (tīrtha)
• Śraddhā
• Pāpa (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (reverent listening) with śraddhā is itself a purifying practice and part of pilgrimage-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃnihityā tīrtha’s māhātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it emphasizes faithful hearing of the māhātmya as sin-destroying.