Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

सर्वपापहरं नृणां श्रुतं सर्वार्थसाधकम् । भूमिदानं च दातव्यं तत्र यात्राफलेप्सुभिः

Transliteration

sarvapāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ śrutaṃ sarvārthasādhakam | bhūmidānaṃ ca dātavyaṃ tatra yātrāphalepsubhiḥ

Translation

ഇത് ശ്രവിക്കുന്നത് മനുഷ്യരുടെ സകല പാപങ്ങളും അകറ്റി, സകല നന്മകളും സിദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. അവിടെ തീർത്ഥയാത്രാഫലം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർ ഭൂമിദാനവും നൽകണം।

Word by Word

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: विशेषण (to ‘श्रुतम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सर्वाणि पापानि हरति’

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

• श्रुतम्: heard; recited
• श्रुतम्: कर्म/विषय (That which is heard)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘heard/recited’

• सर्वार्थसाधकम्: accomplishing all aims
• सर्वार्थसाधकम्: विशेषण (to ‘श्रुतम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अर्थ + साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सर्वान् अर्थान् साधयति’

• भूमिदानम्: gift of land
• भूमिदानम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘भूमेः दानम्’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दातव्यम्: should be given
• दातव्यम्: विधेय (Obligation/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘should be given’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• यात्राफलेप्सुभिः: by those who desire the fruit of the pilgrimage
• यात्राफलेप्सुभिः: कर्ता (Agent/Doer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा + फल + इप्सु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘यात्राफलं इप्सवः’ = those desiring the fruit of pilgrimage

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred assembly in Prabhāsa where the māhātmya is being heard; nearby, a donor performs bhūmi-dāna—symbolized by handing a deed/earth in a vessel to a Brahmin—signifying completion of yātrā merit.

Characters & Entities

• Yātrā (pilgrimage)
• Bhūmidāna (land-gift)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) purifies, and dāna (charity) completes the pilgrimage ethic of Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the context of gaining yātrā-phala (pilgrimage merit).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhūmidāna—donation of land—recommended for those seeking full pilgrimage results.