Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं विष्णुदैवतम् । श्रुतं पापहरं नृणां दारिद्यौघविनाशनम्

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ viṣṇudaivatam | śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ dāridyaughavināśanam

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി, വിഷ്ണുദൈവതമായ ഈ മഹാത്മ്യം നിനക്കു പറഞ്ഞു. ഇതു ശ്രവിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യരുടെ പാപങ്ങൾ അകലുകയും ദാരിദ്ര്യത്തിന്റെ മഹാപ്രവാഹം നശിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) — ‘told’

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

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘कथितम्’ इत्यस्य विषयः

• विष्णुदैवतम्: having Viṣṇu as the deity
• विष्णुदैवतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु-दैवत (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + दैवत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण — ‘माहात्म्यम्’

• श्रुतम्: (when) heard
• श्रुतम्: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) — ‘heard’ (i.e., when heard)

• पापहरम्: sin-destroying
• पापहरम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-हर (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + हर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण — ‘माहात्म्यम्/श्रुतम्’

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

• दारिद्यौघविनाशनम्: destroyer of floods of poverty
• दारिद्यौघविनाशनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारिद्य-ओघ-विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक; दारिद्य + ओघ + विनाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण — ‘माहात्म्यम्’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding phala-śruti moment: Śiva addresses Devī, declaring that the Viṣṇu-centered Prabhāsa account, when heard, removes sin and poverty; the atmosphere is calm, authoritative, and benedictory.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Viṣṇu
• Māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a māhātmya itself is a purifier—removing sin and alleviating misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra via the Viṣṇu/Ādinārāyaṇa-centered māhātmya just narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing (śravaṇa) the māhātmya with faith as a spiritually efficacious practice.