Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्व कामप्रदं नृणाम् । नारदेश्वरनामानं स्थापितं नारदेन वै

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarva kāmapradaṃ nṛṇām | nāradeśvaranāmānaṃ sthāpitaṃ nāradena vai

Translation

ഇത് സർവ്വപാപങ്ങൾ ശമിപ്പിക്കുകയും മനുഷ്യർക്കു സർവ്വകാമങ്ങളും നൽകുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു. ഇതിന്റെ നാമം ‘നാരദേശ്വരൻ’; നാരദൻ തന്നെയാണ് ഇത് സ്ഥാപിച്ചത്.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: the remover of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः — 'सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्' (sin-dispelling)

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण — qualifies 'कामप्रदम्' (all)

• कामप्रदम्: granting desires
• कामप्रदम्: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (कामान् प्रददाति)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sampradana/Sambandha (For men/of men/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• नारदेश्वरनामानम्: (the deity) named Nāradeśvara
• नारदेश्वरनामानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-सम्भवः — 'नारदेश्वर' इति नाम यस्य (named Nāradeśvara)

• स्थापितम्: was established
• स्थापितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) (णिच्: स्थापयति)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'established/installed'

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāradeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compact shrine of Nāradeśvara radiating sanctity; pilgrims approach seeking purification and boons; Nārada is remembered as the स्थापक.

Characters & Entities

• Nāradeśvara
• Nārada
• Śiva/Bhairava (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and worship at a consecrated Śiva-site are framed as both purifying (pāpa-kṣaya) and supportive of righteous aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāradeśvara shrine within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed; the verse highlights the phala (benefits) and the founding (sthāpana) by Nārada.