Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं भौममाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । श्रुतं हरति पापानि तथारोग्यं प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ bhaumamāhātmyamuttamam | śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathārogyaṃ prayacchati

Translation

Ainsi, en bref, a été proclamée l’excellente Māhātmya de Bhauma. Lorsqu’on l’écoute, elle efface les péchés et accorde aussi la santé.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘in brief’)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriyā (Predicate; impersonal)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) उपसर्ग-प्र → प्रोक्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयभावे (it is said)

• भौम-माहात्म्यम्: the greatness of Bhauma (Mars)
• भौम-माहात्म्यम्: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Topic of ‘proktam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भौम (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘भौमस्य माहात्म्यम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of माहात्म्यम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• श्रुतम्: hearing it / what is heard
• श्रुतम्: Karta (Subject of हरति/प्रयच्छति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्तान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘श्रवणं/श्रुतम्’ (that which is heard / hearing)

• हरति: removes
• हरति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Nipāta/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रम (and also/likewise)

• आरोग्यम्: health
• आरोग्यम्: Karma (Object of प्रयच्छति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रयच्छति: bestows
• प्रयच्छति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) उपसर्ग-प्र → प्रयच्छति (यच्छ्-आदेश)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhauma-māhātmya (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly of pilgrims sits near the shrine as a reciter chants the Bhauma-māhātmya; listeners appear soothed, suggesting purification and restored health.

Characters & Entities

• Bhauma Māhātmya
• Pāpa (sin)
• Ārogya (health)
• Śravaṇa (hearing)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a tīrtha/deity Māhātmya is itself a purifying practice that yields merit and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, through the Bhauma/Aṅgāreśvara Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the Māhātmya—is presented as the efficacious practice bringing pāpa-kṣaya and ārogya.