Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मकुंडस्य माहात्म्यं श्रोतुं मे कौतुकं महत् । लोकानां दुःखनाशाय दारिद्यक्षयहेतवे

Transliteration

brahmakuṃḍasya māhātmyaṃ śrotuṃ me kautukaṃ mahat | lokānāṃ duḥkhanāśāya dāridyakṣayahetave

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മകുണ്ഡത്തിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം കേൾക്കാൻ എനിക്ക് മഹത്തായ ആകാംക്ഷയുണ്ട്; ജനങ്ങളുടെ ദുഃഖം നശിക്കാനും ദാരിദ്ര്യം ക്ഷയിക്കാനും വേണ്ടിയാണ്.

Word by Word

• brahmakuṃḍasya: of Brahma-kuṇḍa
• brahmakuṃḍasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्म + कुण्ड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• māhātmyam: greatness, sacred glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + tumun (तुमुन्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक (purpose/intention)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• kautukam: curiosity, eagerness
• kautukam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kautuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• mahat: great
• mahat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (kautukam)

• lokānām: of the worlds/people
• lokānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• duḥkha-nāśāya: for the destruction of suffering
• duḥkha-nāśāya: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha+nāśa (प्रातिपदिक; दुःख + नाश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक

• dāridya-kṣaya-hetave: for the cause of the ending of poverty
• dāridya-kṣaya-hetave: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridya+kṣaya+hetu (प्रातिपदिक; दारिद्य + क्षय + हेतु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक

Speaker

Devī (continuation of devyuvāca context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhagavān (teacher)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī’s face shows compassionate concern for humanity; she gestures toward an imagined crowd of suffering people; the Brahmakuṇḍa appears as a luminous refuge in the background, with rays extending outward as if healing.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Lokāḥ
• Duḥkha
• Dāridrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing (śravaṇa) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is framed as a welfare-bearing act that inspires relief of suffering and upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa at Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the māhātmya—as a spiritually beneficial practice.