Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं देवि गोप्यादित्यमहोदय । पापघ्नं सर्वजन्तूनां श्रुतं सर्वार्थसाधकम्

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ devi gopyādityamahodaya | pāpaghnaṃ sarvajantūnāṃ śrutaṃ sarvārthasādhakam

Translation

ഹേ ദേവീ! ഇങ്ങനെ ഗോപ്യാദിത്യന്റെ മഹോദയം വർണ്ണിക്കപ്പെട്ടു—അത് സർവ്വജീവികളുടെ പാപങ്ങളെ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതു; അത് ശ്രവിച്ചാൽ എല്ലാ ശ്രേയസ്സുകളും സിദ്ധമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (contextually: 'this')

• कथितम्: told/related
• कथितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कथ्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त

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

• गोप्य: O one to be kept secret / O secret (one)
• गोप्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; विशेषण (epithet)

• आदित्य: O Āditya (Sun)
• आदित्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• महोदय: O great-rising/illustrious one
• महोदय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• पापघ्नम्: sin-destroying
• पापघ्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (पापं हन्ति)

• सर्वजन्तूनाम्: of all beings
• सर्वजन्तूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (सर्वे जन्तवः)

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √श्रु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त

• सर्वार्थसाधकम्: accomplishing all aims
• सर्वार्थसाधकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अर्थ + साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषाम् अर्थानां साधकम्)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopyāditya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda concludes the narration to Devī: a luminous ‘udaya’ (rise) motif for Gopyāditya, with a haloed sacred emblem or solar radiance; listeners gathered, uplifted by the promise of sin-destruction through hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Gopyāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifier and spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Gopyāditya-related sacred narrative within its Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is hearing (śravaṇa) the māhātmya.