Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं विष्णुदैवतम् । श्रुतं पापहरं नृणां दारिद्यौघविनाशनम्

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ viṣṇudaivatam | śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ dāridyaughavināśanam

Translation

かくして女神よ、ヴィシュヌを本尊とするこの聖なる功徳譚の栄光を汝に語り終えた。これを聞く者は人々の罪を滅し、貧困の奔流をも打ち砕く。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) — ‘told’

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘कथितम्’ इत्यस्य विषयः

• विष्णुदैवतम्: having Viṣṇu as the deity
• विष्णुदैवतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु-दैवत (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + दैवत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण — ‘माहात्म्यम्’

• श्रुतम्: (when) heard
• श्रुतम्: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) — ‘heard’ (i.e., when heard)

• पापहरम्: sin-destroying
• पापहरम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-हर (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + हर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण — ‘माहात्म्यम्/श्रुतम्’

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दारिद्यौघविनाशनम्: destroyer of floods of poverty
• दारिद्यौघविनाशनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारिद्य-ओघ-विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक; दारिद्य + ओघ + विनाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण — ‘माहात्म्यम्’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding phala-śruti moment: Śiva addresses Devī, declaring that the Viṣṇu-centered Prabhāsa account, when heard, removes sin and poverty; the atmosphere is calm, authoritative, and benedictory.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Viṣṇu
• Māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a māhātmya itself is a purifier—removing sin and alleviating misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra via the Viṣṇu/Ādinārāyaṇa-centered māhātmya just narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing (śravaṇa) the māhātmya with faith as a spiritually efficacious practice.