Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते जंतुः पातकैः पूर्वसंचितैः । ये चैकादश रुद्रा वै तव प्रोक्ता मया प्रिये

Transliteration

yacchrutvā mucyate jaṃtuḥ pātakaiḥ pūrvasaṃcitaiḥ | ye caikādaśa rudrā vai tava proktā mayā priye

Translation

En l’entendant, l’être se délivre des fautes accumulées auparavant. Et ces onze Rudra, ô bien-aimée, je te les ai véritablement déjà proclamés.

Word by Word

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• जन्तुः: a creature, person
• जन्तुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पूर्वसंचितैः: previously accumulated
• पूर्वसंचितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व + संचित (कृदन्त; √चि (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (पूर्वे संचिताः)

• ये: who/which (plural)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक-निपात, conjunction)

• एकादश: eleven
• एकादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (एक + दश)

• रुद्राः: Rudras
• रुद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक-निपात, emphatic particle)

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive pronoun)

• प्रोक्ताः: have been told
• प्रोक्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रोक्त (कृदन्त; √वच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental pronoun)

• प्रिये: O dear (one)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative; ‘dear one’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified beloved interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator addresses a beloved listener, proclaiming that mere hearing frees beings from long-stored sins, while the cosmic motif of the eleven Rudras hovers as a subtle mandala behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Devī
• Pātaka (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of sacred māhātmya is itself purifying, loosening the burden of long-stored sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya is presented as spiritually efficacious even through hearing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is listening/recitation of the māhātmya; no additional ritual steps are specified in this verse.