Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

इत्येवं कथितं देवि सिद्धेश्वरमहोदयम् । सर्वकामप्रदं नृणां श्रुतं पातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi siddheśvaramahodayam | sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ śrutaṃ pātakanāśanam

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി, ഇങ്ങനെ സിദ്ധേശ്വരന്റെ മഹത്തായ മഹിമ വർണ്ണിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. അത് മനുഷ്യർക്കു സർവകാമങ്ങളും നൽകുന്നു; കേൾവിമാത്രം പാപനാശം വരുത്തുന്നു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative/end marker)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• कथितम्: told/related
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• सिद्धेश्वरमहोदयम्: the great glory of Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरमहोदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धेश्वर + महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सिद्धेश्वरस्य महोदयः → सिद्धेश्वरमहोदयः)

• सर्वकामप्रदम्: granting all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति → सर्वकामप्रदः)

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पातकनाशनम्: destroying sins
• पातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पातकस्य नाशनम् → पातकनाशनम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding devotional proclamation: the narrator declares Siddheśvara’s glory, emphasizing that mere hearing grants desired aims and destroys sins; devotees sit in attentive listening near a liṅga shrine in Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Siddheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching itself is a sacred act: hearing the māhātmya with faith is said to purify and bless, not only visiting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose ‘mahodayam’ (great glory) is celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) of Siddheśvara’s māhātmya is presented as a sin-destroying practice.