Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभृति नो देवि स्वर्गं गच्छंति मानवाः । इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तः प्रभासस्य महोदयः । सर्वपापोपशमनः सर्वकामफलं प्रदः

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhṛti no devi svargaṃ gacchaṃti mānavāḥ | iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ prabhāsasya mahodayaḥ | sarvapāpopaśamanaḥ sarvakāmaphalaṃ pradaḥ

Translation

ಆ ಸಮಯದಿಂದ, ಹೇ ದೇವಿ, ಮಾನವರು (ಹಿಂದಿನಂತೆ) ಸ್ವರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಹೀಗೆ ಸಂಕ್ಷೇಪವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಭಾಸದ ಮಹೋದಯವನ್ನು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ—ಇದು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪಾಪಗಳನ್ನು ಶಮನಗೊಳಿಸಿ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಾಮನೆಗಳ ಫಲವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; from that time
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): 'ततः' = 'तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्'

• प्रभृति: since; starting from
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-निपात/adverb): 'प्रभृति' = 'आरभ्य/since'

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun): षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural) — 'नः' = 'अस्माकम्/our'

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• मानवाः: people; humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक/quotative particle)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त/adverbial ablative): 'संक्षेपतः' = 'संक्षेपेण/in brief'

• प्रोक्तः: has been stated
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे 'said/declared'

• प्रभासस्य: of Prabhāsa
• प्रभासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन

• महोदयः: great rise; great benefit
• महोदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वपापोपशमनः: remover of all sins
• सर्वपापोपशमनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + उपशमन (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'सर्वेषां पापानाम् उपशमनः' (all-sin-removing)

• सर्वकामफलम्: the fruit of all desires
• सर्वकामफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + काम + फल (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'सर्वेषां कामानां फलम्'

• प्रदः: giver; bestower
• प्रदः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु) (कृदन्त: प्रद)
• Form: कृदन्त (agent-noun/कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'प्रदः' = 'दातारः/giver'

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, luminous panorama of Prabhāsa: pilgrims at the shrine and coast, the liṅga shining; a narrator-figure gestures as if concluding the māhātmya; atmosphere of benediction.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Svarga
• Devi (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is celebrated as a supreme purifier and fulfiller of righteous desires, indicating the transformative power of tīrtha-sevā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised for its ‘mahodaya’—its great spiritual eminence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse summarizes the fruit: sin-removal and fulfillment of aims through Prabhāsa’s sanctity.