Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इति वै कथितं सम्यक्फलं सांनिहितं तव । श्रुतं पापहरं नृणां सम्यक्छ्रद्धावतां प्रिये

Transliteration

iti vai kathitaṃ samyakphalaṃ sāṃnihitaṃ tava | śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ samyakchraddhāvatāṃ priye

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ നിനക്കു സന്നിഹിത്യയുടെ യഥാർത്ഥ ഫലം സമ്യകമായി പറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു. പ്രിയേ, സത്യശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ശ്രവിച്ചാൽ അത് മനുഷ്യരുടെ പാപങ്ങളെ ഹരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यन्त-निपात (quotative: thus)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle: indeed)

• कथितम्: told/declared
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (said/told)

• सम्यक्फलम्: the proper fruit (true result)
• सम्यक्फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय/कर्म (proper fruit/result)

• सांनिहितम्: present/at hand
• सांनिहितम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्निहित (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + नि + धा/स्था-भाव)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त-स्वरूप, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (present/near/at hand)

• तव: of you/for you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive sg: of you)

• श्रुतम्: (this) hearing/what is heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त → श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) रूपेण नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘श्रुतम्’ = श्रवणं/श्रवणविषयः (that which is heard)

• पापहरम्: sin-destroying
• पापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (sin-removing)

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Of/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (genitive pl)

• सम्यक्छ्रद्धावताम्: of those who have proper faith
• सम्यक्छ्रद्धावताम्: Sambandha (Qualifier in genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय) + श्रद्धावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of those with proper faith)

• प्रिये: O dear (lady)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative: O dear one)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃnihityā

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding teaching scene: the narrator gently affirms that the ‘true fruit’ has been told; devotees listen with folded hands, the tīrtha’s aura implied rather than shown.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃnihityā (tīrtha)
• Śraddhā
• Pāpa (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (reverent listening) with śraddhā is itself a purifying practice and part of pilgrimage-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃnihityā tīrtha’s māhātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it emphasizes faithful hearing of the māhātmya as sin-destroying.