Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एतन्माहात्म्यमतुलं विष्णुपादोद्भवं तथा । यः शृणोति हरौ भक्त्या सर्वपापैः स मुच्यते

Transliteration

etanmāhātmyamatulaṃ viṣṇupādodbhavaṃ tathā | yaḥ śṛṇoti harau bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ sa mucyate

Translation

Cette grandeur incomparable, issue des pieds mêmes de Viṣṇu, quiconque l’écoute avec dévotion envers Hari est délivré de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (एतद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• māhātmyam: greatness, sacred account
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (माहात्म्य, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• atulam: incomparable
• atulam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atula (अतुल, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• viṣṇu-pāda-udbhavam: originating from Vishnu’s feet
• viṣṇu-pāda-udbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu (विष्णु, प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (पाद, प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (उद्भव, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः पादात् उद्भवम्)

• tathā: and also, thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा, अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/thus)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• śṛṇoti: he hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• harau: in/with regard to Hari
• harau: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (हरि, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Apādāna (Ablative-sense via instrumental in passive/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व, प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (पाप, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya context within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa): a Purāṇic narrator concluding with phalaśruti for hearing (śravaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (māhātmya-śravaṇa-phala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional assembly listens to the Dvārakā-māhātmya; Hari/Vişṇu’s feet are symbolically shown as the source of sanctity, with a radiant aura washing away dark ‘pāpa’ forms.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening to sacred glorifications (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a purifying spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā Māhātmya is being praised; the passage frames its sanctity as rooted in Viṣṇu’s supreme holiness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) with bhakti to Hari is prescribed as a means for sarva-pāpa-kṣaya (release from sins).