Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं देवि सांबादित्यमहोदयम् । श्रुतं हरति पापानि तथाऽरोग्यं प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ devi sāṃbādityamahodayam | śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathā'rogyaṃ prayacchati

Translation

ഹേ ദേവീ, ഇങ്ങനെ സാമ്ബാദിത്യന്റെ മഹോന്നതി വിവരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. ഇത് കേൾക്കുന്നതുമാത്രം പാപങ്ങളെ അകറ്റുകയും ആരോഗ്യവും (രോഗമുക്തിയും) നൽകുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

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

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kathitam: told, narrated
• kathitam: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत (past passive participle)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• sāṃbāditya-mahodayam: the great glory of Sāmbāditya
• sāṃbāditya-mahodayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃbāditya (प्रातिपदिक) + mahodaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सांबादित्यस्य महोदयम्)

• śrutam: (when) heard
• śrutam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृत (that which is heard)

• harati: removes
• harati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hṛ (हृ)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• arogyam: health, freedom from disease
• arogyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• prayacchati: bestows, grants
• prayacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yam (यम्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃbāditya-māhātmya (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly listens as a narrator recites the Sāṃbāditya glory; listeners appear soothed and radiant, suggesting sin-removal and health-bestowal through hearing alone.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Sāṃbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) itself is a dharmic practice that purifies and supports well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra via the Sāṃbāditya Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing/reciting the Sāṃbāditya Māhātmya is presented as meritorious, giving pāpa-kṣaya and ārogya.