Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । भल्लतीर्थस्य विष्णोस्तु सर्व पातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | bhallatīrthasya viṣṇostu sarva pātakanāśanam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ, ഹേ ദേവീ, പാപനാശകമായ ഈ മഹാത്മ്യം വിവരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ഭല്ലതീർത്ഥം സത്യമായും എല്ലാ പാതകങ്ങളും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതാണ്.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कथ् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle)

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

• माहात्म्यम्: glory, sacred greatness
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; एतत् इति सह समानाधिकरण

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापनाशन (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + नाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्)

• भल्लतीर्थस्य: of Bhalla-tīrtha
• भल्लतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्लतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; भल्ल + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (sentence particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/contrast)

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पातकनाशनम् इति विशेषण

• पातकनाशनम्: destroyer of sins/offences
• पातकनाशनम्: Karta (Predicate noun/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातकनाशन (प्रातिपदिक; पातक + नाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पातकस्य नाशनम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhallatīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A closing benediction-like statement: the narrator addresses Devī, declaring the māhātmya and Bhallatīrtha’s power to destroy sins; the scene feels like the end of a sacred discourse.

Characters & Entities

• Bhallatīrtha
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and remembering tīrtha-māhātmya and approaching the sacred site are presented as means for pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhallatīrtha associated with Viṣṇu in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed here; the verse emphasizes the general sin-destroying efficacy of the tīrtha and its māhātmya.