Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एतन्मया ते कथितं पुरा नोक्तं वरानने । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या स गच्छेद्भास्करं पदम्

Transliteration

etanmayā te kathitaṃ purā noktaṃ varānane | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā sa gacchedbhāskaraṃ padam

Translation

ಹೇ ವರಾನನೇ! ಇದು ನಾನು ನಿನಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದೆನು; ಇದು ಹಿಂದೆ ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಕೇಳುವ ನರನು ಭಾಸ್ಕರನ ಪದವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्म (said/related)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana/Agent (by me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृ-करणभाव (by me)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान (to you)

• kathitam: has been told
• kathitam: Kriya (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु) + -ita (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—"has been told"

• purā: formerly
• purā: Temporal marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (formerly)

• na: not
• na: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• uktam: said
• uktam: Kriya (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—"was said" (negated)

• vara-ānane: O fair-faced one
• vara-ānane: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरम् आननं यस्याः)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• śṛṇoti: hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता (yaḥ का apposition)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण (manner/instrument)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• gacchet: would go/should attain
• gacchet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhāskaram: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• bhāskaram: Karma (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गन्तव्य (goal)

• padam: abode/state
• padam: Karma (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (गन्तव्यस्थान)

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing a देवी, likely Pārvatī in Purāṇic dialogue style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-stava śravaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator reveals a secret teaching to a radiant-faced Devī; behind them, a symbolic Sūrya orb and the Prabhāsa sacred coast suggest the setting; the moment is intimate and ‘apūrva’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara
• Varānane (address to a देवी)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa-bhakti) itself is a liberating practice, granting divine attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya and thus magnifies Prabhāsa’s sanctity through its hearing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the sacred account with devotion—is presented as the efficacious practice.