Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । दैत्यसूदनदेवस्य किमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | daityasūdanadevasya kimanyatparipṛcchasi

Translation

ഹേ ദേവീ! ഇങ്ങനെ ദൈത്യസൂദന ദേവന്റെ പാപനാശക മഹാത്മ്യം നിനക്കു പറഞ്ഞു. ഇനി നീ മറ്റെന്താണ് ചോദിക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നത്?

Word by Word

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

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of/for you’

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Predicate, passive sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘told/said’

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

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (māhātmya)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पापनाशनम्: sin-destroying
• पापनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• दैत्यसूदनदेवस्य: of the god Daityasūdana
• दैत्यसूदनदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्यसूदन + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (दैत्यसूदनः देवः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• अन्यत्: else/other
• अन्यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘other’ (qualifies किम्)

• परिपृच्छसि: you ask
• परिपृच्छसि: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: परि

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/narrator addresses Devī respectfully, concluding the account of Daityasūdana’s pāpa-nāśaka mahātmya; the setting suggests a sacred assembly near Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Daityasūdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and contemplating a tīrtha/deity māhātmya is itself presented as a purifier that supports dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra in general, through the Daityasūdana Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) to the māhātmya as a purifying act (implied devotional practice).