Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

एवं देवि मया ख्यातं महोदयमहोदयम् । सर्वपापहरं नृणामभिषेकाच्च मुक्तिदम्

Transliteration

evaṃ devi mayā khyātaṃ mahodayamahodayam | sarvapāpaharaṃ nṛṇāmabhiṣekācca muktidam

Translation

Ainsi, ô Déesse, j’ai proclamé ce « Mahodaya », Mahodaya souverainement propice, qui enlève tous les péchés des hommes et, par l’abhiṣeka (ablution rituelle), accorde la délivrance.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — संबोधन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन — ‘by me’

• ख्यातम्: has been declared
• ख्यातम्: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘declared/known’ (past passive participle)

• महोदयमहोदयम्: Mahodaya, the great Mahodaya (emphatic)
• महोदयमहोदयम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदय + महोदय (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — पुनरुक्ति-समुच्चय (dvandva-like repetition for emphasis)

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + हर (हृ-धातु से हर; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘remover of all sins’, qualifying महोदयम्

• नृणाम्: of people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — ‘of men’

• अभिषेकात्: from/through the ritual bathing (abhiṣeka)
• अभिषेकात्: Hetu (Cause/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — ‘from/through anointing (ritual bath)’ (ablative of means/cause)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय

• मुक्तिदम्: granting liberation
• मुक्तिदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति + द (दा-धातु से द; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘giver of liberation’, qualifying महोदयम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) [deduced from adjoining context of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogues]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahodaya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, addressing Pārvatī, proclaims Mahodaya’s greatness; in the background, devotees perform abhiṣeka with sacred water, streams pouring over a liṅga, with attendants holding kalashas.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mahodaya
• Abhiṣeka
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and properly performed rites (like abhiṣeka) are portrayed as powerful means for purification and final freedom (mukti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahodaya Tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa region) is praised as supremely auspicious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka—consecratory bathing/ritual ablution—connected with Mahodaya as a means to attain liberation.