Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

माहात्म्यं सर्वपापघ्नं सर्वकामप्रदं शुभम् । यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ śubham | yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

Ce Māhātmya est de bon augure : il détruit tous les péchés et accorde tous les désirs légitimes. Celui qui Le vénère avec bhakti, muni d’une foi juste, en obtient le fruit.

Word by Word

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (māhātmya)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वपापघ्नम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापघ्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—सर्वाणि पापानि हन्ति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• सर्वकामप्रदम्: giver of all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-काम-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तम्: that (it/him)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• श्रद्धा: with faith
• श्रद्धा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘समन्वितः’ इत्यस्य सहकारक-भावः

• समन्वितः: endowed (with)
• समन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अनु-√इ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — ‘endowed/possessed’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Prabhāseśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding phala-śruti scene: the māhātmya text itself is shown as radiant; a devotee with folded hands worships Prabhāseśvara, while a dark ‘sin’ shadow dissolves and auspicious light bestows boons.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāseśvara
• Māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā (faith) and bhakti (devotion) make sacred worship transformative—purifying wrongdoing and aligning desires with auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra through the praise of Prabhāseśvara’s Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional worship (pūjā) performed with proper faith.