Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

एवमष्टविधं दिव्यं पापसंशयच्छेदनम् । भट्टादित्यस्य पुरतो जायते कुरुनंदन

Transliteration

evamaṣṭavidhaṃ divyaṃ pāpasaṃśayacchedanam | bhaṭṭādityasya purato jāyate kurunaṃdana

Translation

Ainsi, cette épreuve divine en huit formes—qui tranche les doutes au sujet du péché—se révèle efficace en présence de Bhaṭṭāditya, ô joie des Kuru.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• अष्टविधम्: eightfold
• अष्टविधम्: Karta/Predicate qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अष्टानां विधः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (of ‘च्छेदनम्’)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karta/Predicate qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम्

• पाप-संशय-च्छेदनम्: removal of doubt about sin
• पाप-संशय-च्छेदनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक) + छेदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापस्य संशयः; तस्य छेदनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — “the cutting off of doubt about sin”

• भट्टादित्यस्य: of Bhaṭṭāditya
• भट्टादित्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भट्टादित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — “of Bhaṭṭāditya”

• पुरतः: in front of
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — देशवाचक (in front of)

• जायते: arises/comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — “is produced/arises”

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• कुरुनन्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कुरूणां नन्दनः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — संबोधनम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhaṭṭāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kuru-nandana (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: the Sun-deity Bhaṭṭāditya presides like a radiant judge while the eightfold ordeal is affirmed as the cutter of sin-doubt; attendants and supplicant stand in reverent stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭāditya
• Kuru-nandana (addressee, likely a Bharata/Kuru prince figure in narration)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred presence (sthala) is portrayed as amplifying dharmic truth—removing suspicion and restoring moral clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhaṭṭāditya’s place/presence is explicitly glorified as the locus where the divya effectively manifests.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The chapter’s divya system is described as eightfold and as a means to cut off doubts regarding sin/culpability.