Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

इदं रहस्यं संख्यातं माहात्म्यं तव भामिनि । रुद्राणां पापशमनं श्रुतं पुण्यविवर्द्धनम्

Transliteration

idaṃ rahasyaṃ saṃkhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ tava bhāmini | rudrāṇāṃ pāpaśamanaṃ śrutaṃ puṇyavivarddhanam

Translation

Wahai wanita bercahaya, rahasia kemuliaan ini—yang telah dihitung dan dijelaskan dengan tertib—telah dinyatakan kepadamu. Ia dikenal sebagai penawar dosa dan penambah pahala, suci bagi para Rudra.

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• rahasyam: secret/mystery
• rahasyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saṃkhyātam: has been declared
• saṃkhyātam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-khyā (संख्या/ख्या धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'has been told/declared'

• māhātmyam: greatness (sacred glory)
• māhātmyam: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to rahasyam

• tava: your/to you
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; 'of you'

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; vocative

• rudrāṇām: of the Rudras
• rudrāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• pāpaśamanam: pacification of sin
• pāpaśamanam: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + śamana (शम् धातु-ल्युट्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'पापस्य शमनम्'

• śrutam: is heard/has been heard
• śrutam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'heard/learned' (as predicate)

• puṇyavivarddhanam: increase of merit
• puṇyavivarddhanam: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + vivardhana (वृध् धातु-ल्युट्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'पुण्यस्य विवर्धनम्'

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually: Īśvara/Śiva addressing Devī/ Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (bhāminī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī in a quiet, intimate teaching moment; the ‘rahasya’ is conveyed as sacred speech, with Devī attentive, the background suggesting Prabhāsa’s sanctity (sea-breeze, temple silhouette).

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Rudras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and preserving the sacred māhātmya is itself a purifying act that destroys sin and increases puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, praising the sanctity of Prabhāsa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on śravaṇa (devout hearing) of the māhātmya as a source of merit.