Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं ललितोद्भवम् । श्रुतं यत्पापनाशाय जायते धर्मवृद्धये

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ lalitodbhavam | śrutaṃ yatpāpanāśāya jāyate dharmavṛddhaye

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ സംക്ഷേപമായി ലലിതയിൽ നിന്നുദ്ഭവിച്ച മഹാത്മ്യം പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു. ഇത് ശ്രവണമാത്രം പാപനാശവും ധർമ്മവർദ്ധനവും നൽകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative/इत्यादि-निपात)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त/ablatival adverb: 'in brief')

• प्रोक्तम्: said/declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prokta (कृदन्त; √vac धातोः क्त, उपसर्ग: प्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• ललित-उद्भवम्: arising from Lalitā
• ललित-उद्भवम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lalita (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lalitasyodbhavam = arising from Lalitā)

• श्रुतम्: (when) heard
• श्रुतम्: Karta (Subject of jāyate/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śruta (कृदन्त; √śru धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Relative pronoun/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; श्रुतम् इति विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध

• पाप-नाशाय: for the destruction of sin
• पाप-नाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pāpasya nāśaḥ)

• जायते: arises/comes about
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• धर्म-वृद्धये: for the increase of dharma
• धर्म-वृद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dharmasya vṛddhiḥ)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Lalitā-udbhava māhātmya context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm concluding tableau: a sage-like narrator finishing the Lalitā-udbhava māhātmya; listeners seated reverently; subtle aura of purification signifying pāpa-nāśa and dharma-vṛddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Lalitā
• Māhātmya
• Dharma
• Pāpanāśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) of sacred place-glories purifies sin and strengthens dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the Lalitā/Viśālākṣī–Umādvaya-associated sacred narrative of this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Māhātmya-śravaṇa: hearing the sacred account as a dharmic practice yielding purification and merit.