Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं शनिदैवतम् । सर्वपापोपशमनं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ śanidaivatam | sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

ഹേ ദേവീ, ഇങ്ങനെ ശനി ദൈവതത്തിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പറഞ്ഞു; അത് സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളെ ശമിപ്പിക്കുകയും സർവ്വകാമഫലങ്ങൾ നൽകുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

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

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनरूप (Genitive/Dative singular: to you/for you), सर्वनाम

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि (it has been told)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शनिदैवतम्: pertaining to Śani as deity
• शनिदैवतम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शनि (प्रातिपदिक) + दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• सर्वपापोपशमनम्: the pacifier of all sins
• सर्वपापोपशमनम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + उपशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: bestowing the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śani-daivatam māhātmya (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A closing teaching scene: Īśvara addressing Devī, with a calm, luminous atmosphere; the ‘Śani-daivatam māhātmya’ is symbolized as a scripture radiating light that dissolves dark stains (pāpa) and manifests desired boons as lotus-like offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Śani

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and embracing a deity’s māhātmya purifies wrongdoing and supports the fulfillment of dharmic aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Purāṇa celebrates Śani’s sanctifying power within sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa/kathā (hearing the māhātmya) and, by implication, devotion and stotra practices described earlier.