Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं दिब्यैश्वर्यप्रदायकम् । पुरा दैत्यविनाशार्थं यदा देवी कृतोद्यमा

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ dibyaiśvaryapradāyakam | purā daityavināśārthaṃ yadā devī kṛtodyamā

Translation

Ce lieu apaise tous les péchés et accorde la prospérité divine. Jadis, lorsque la Déesse entreprit son effort pour anéantir les Dānavas, cette puissance sacrée se manifesta.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: the pacification of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—(सर्वाणि पापानि) कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः + (तस्य प्रशमनम्) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• दिब्यैश्वर्यप्रदायकम्: bestowing divine sovereignty/prosperity
• दिब्यैश्वर्यप्रदायकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—(दिव्यम् ऐश्वर्यम्) कर्मधारयः + (तत् प्रददाति) उपपद-तत्पुरुषः

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Temporal (Kāla/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/once)

• दैत्यविनाशार्थम्: for the destruction of the demons
• दैत्यविनाशार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—(दैत्यस्य/दैत्यानां विनाशः) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः + (तदर्थम्) चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषार्थे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः

• यदा: when
• यदा: Temporal (Kāla/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्ध (when)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतोद्यमा: having undertaken effort/prepared
• कृतोद्यमा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातु + क्त) + उद्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—कृतः उद्यमः यस्याः सा (‘one whose effort is made/undertaken’)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within the Māhātmya (context: Īśvara/Śiva continues the site-glorification in this section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A eulogistic proclamation: the shrine’s power to quell sins and grant divine prosperity, recalling an ancient moment when the Goddess prepared to destroy the Dānavas and the sacred force manifested.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places and their deities are upheld as power-centers for pāpa-kṣaya and divine well-being when approached with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it introduces the sin-destroying, prosperity-giving greatness that the following verses connect to a specific liṅga and worship.