Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तस्योत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपातकनाशिनीम् । शृणु देवि महाभागे ह्याश्चर्यं यदभूत्पुरा

Transliteration

tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapātakanāśinīm | śṛṇu devi mahābhāge hyāścaryaṃ yadabhūtpurā

Translation

അതിന്റെയുത്ഭവം ഞാൻ പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു; അത് സർവ്വപാതകങ്ങളും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതാണ്. ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ്യവതീ ദേവി! പുരാതനകാലത്ത് സംഭവിച്ച അത്ഭുതവിശ്മയം ശ്രവിക്കൂ.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (liṅga)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उत्पत्तिम्: origin; arising
• उत्पत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वपातकनाशिनीम्: destroying all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशिनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-pātaka-nāśinī (प्रातिपदिक; sarva + pātaka + nāśinī)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying utpattim)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• महाभागे: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘महान् भागः यस्याः सा’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• अभूत्: happened; was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced: address to Devī within a Śaiva Prabhāsa Māhātmya narration)

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred histories connected to holy places and divine acts are presented as purifying—hearing them with faith is itself a means of removing sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the Prabhāsa sacred region), introduced through its māhātmya-style narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the implied practice is śravaṇa—devotional listening to the purifying account.