Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नवग्रहेश्वराणां तु माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । तथैव पंचलिंगानां श्रुत्वा पापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

navagraheśvarāṇāṃ tu māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | tathaiva paṃcaliṃgānāṃ śrutvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

നവഗ്രഹേശ്വരന്മാരുടെ മഹാത്മ്യം പാപനാശകമാണ്; അതുപോലെ പഞ്ചലിംഗങ്ങളുടെ കഥ ശ്രവിച്ചാലും മനുഷ്യൻ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• नवग्रहेश्वराणाम्: of the lords of the nine planets
• नवग्रहेश्वराणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव (संख्या) + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: but/indeed)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; माहात्म्यम् इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘so/likewise’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• पंचलिंगानाम्: of the five liṅgas
• पंचलिंगानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संख्यापूर्वपद); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having heard’

• पापैः: from sins
• पापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), कर्मणि/आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (is released)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Navagraheśvara-liṅgas and Pañca-liṅgas (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storyteller (paurāṇika) recites the Prabhāsa māhātmya to an attentive assembly; behind him appear symbolic visions of nine graha-liṅgas and five liṅgas, indicating purification through hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Navagraheśvara
• Pañcaliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening (śravaṇa) is itself a purifying practice; māhātmya-hearing removes pāpa and strengthens dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, via the māhātmya of its navagraha-īśvara shrines and associated liṅgas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing/recitation of the māhātmya of the navagraheśvaras and the five liṅgas.