Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एतत्संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं पातालोत्तरमध्यतः । तच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते देवि सर्वापद्भ्यो नरोत्तमः

Transliteration

etatsaṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ pātālottaramadhyataḥ | tacchrutvā mucyate devi sarvāpadbhyo narottamaḥ

Translation

Ceci a été énoncé brièvement, tiré de la partie médiane du Pātālottara. En l’entendant, ô Devi, le meilleur des hommes est délivré de toutes les calamités.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Prakaraṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘briefly/in summary’

• proktam: said; declared
• proktam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• pātāla-uttara-madhyataḥ: from the middle of the northern (region) of Pātāla
• pātāla-uttara-madhyataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pātāla + uttara + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; समासः—तत्पुरुष (pātālasya uttaram; tasya madhyam) + -taḥ ‘from/according to’; ‘from the middle of the northern part of Pātāla’ (locative-source sense)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• mucyate: is freed; is released
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• sarvāpadbhyaḥ: from all calamities
• sarvāpadbhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + āpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (sarvāḥ āpadaḥ)

• narottamaḥ: the best of men; noble man
• narottamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (uttamaḥ naraḥ)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextually within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (māhātmya-śravaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage narrates a condensed sacred account to the Goddess; listeners sit in a calm assembly, and a protective aura symbolically dispels dark clouds of misfortune as the words of Pātālottara are spoken.

Characters & Entities

• Pātālottara
• Prabhāsa (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to māhātmya literature is itself a dharmic practice that grants protection and removes adversity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the implied sacred focus, as this verse concludes a Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing (śravaṇa) the sacred account is presented as the efficacious practice leading to freedom from calamities.