Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

इति देवि समासेन कथितं तव पार्वति । सोमेश्वरस्य माहात्म्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

iti devi samāsena kathitaṃ tava pārvati | someśvarasya māhātmyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി പാർവതി! ഞാൻ നിനക്കു സംക്ഷേപമായി സോമേശ്വരന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം പറഞ്ഞു; അത് സർവ്വപാപനാശകനാണ്.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (Discourse marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक/उद्धरण (quotative/concluding particle)

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

• समासेन: briefly; in summary
• समासेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Pratipādya (Predicative/प्रतीपाद्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: to you; your
• तव: Sampradana/Genitive (Recipient/सम्प्रदान-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पार्वति: O Pārvatī
• पार्वति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सोमेश्वरस्य: of Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सोमस्य ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness; glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma/Pratipādya (Topic/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding scene: Śiva addressing Pārvatī, the aura of Somēśvara implied; the sacred coastline/temple silhouette of Prabhāsa in the background, evoking purification and closure.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Somēśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and honoring the Māhātmya of Somēśvara is framed as spiritually purifying, oriented toward pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somēśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose glory is summarized as sin-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) to the Māhātmya; no additional rite is explicitly stated in this verse.