Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

इदं महापातकनाशनं ये श्रोष्यंति वै क्षेत्रमहाप्रभावम् । ते चापि यास्यन्ति मम प्रभावात्त्रिविष्टपं पुण्यजनाधिवासम्

Transliteration

idaṃ mahāpātakanāśanaṃ ye śroṣyaṃti vai kṣetramahāprabhāvam | te cāpi yāsyanti mama prabhāvāttriviṣṭapaṃ puṇyajanādhivāsam

Translation

Quiconque écoute avec foi ce récit de la grande puissance du kṣetra — destructeur des fautes majeures — atteindra, par ma grâce, Triviṣṭapa, le séjour céleste des êtres méritants.

Word by Word

• idam: this (teaching)
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahā-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of great sins
• mahā-pātaka-nāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (महापातकस्य नाशनम्)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम

• śroṣyanti: will hear
• śroṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle), अव्यय

• kṣetra-mahā-prabhāvam: the great power/glory of the sacred place
• kṣetra-mahā-prabhāvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (क्षेत्रस्य महाप्रभावः)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक, अव्यय

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even), अव्यय

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prabhāvāt: from (by) the power
• prabhāvāt: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• triviṣṭapam: Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• triviṣṭapam: Karma (Goal/object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: triviṣṭapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• puṇya-jana-adhivāsam: abode of the blessed beings
• puṇya-jana-adhivāsam: Karma (Apposition to destination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + jana (प्रातिपदिक) + adhivāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पुण्यजनानाम् अधिवासः)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī Satī (inner); sages (outer)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation of fruit: devotees listening to the Prabhāsa-māhātmya, while a celestial vista of Triviṣṭapa opens above—gandharvas, apsarases, and luminous abodes of the puṇyajana.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Prabhāsa
• Kṣetra
• Triviṣṭapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a kṣetra’s Māhātmya is itself meritorious and can destroy grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra, whose ‘great power’ (mahāprabhāva) is being proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the Māhātmya with faith—is presented as the effective practice.