Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं भैरवेश्वरम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते जन्तुः पातकादतिभैरवात्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ bhairaveśvaram | yacchrutvā mucyate jantuḥ pātakādatibhairavāt

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ സംക്ഷേപമായി ഭൈരവേശ്വരന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു; അത് ശ്രവിച്ചാൽ ജീവൻ അതിഭയങ്കര പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും।

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus)

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘briefly/in summary’)

• proktam: has been stated
• proktam: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘has been said’

• māhātmyam: greatness, glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• bhairava-īśvaram: of Bhairaveśvara
• bhairava-īśvaram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (भैरवः ईश्वरः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun referring to māhātmyam)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘having heard’

• mucyate: is liberated
• mucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is freed)

• jantuḥ: a being/creature
• jantuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन (nominative sg)

• pātakāt: from sin
• pātakāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (ablative sg)

• ati-bhairavāt: from the exceedingly terrible (sin/terror)
• ati-bhairavāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययीभाव-सम्भवः ‘अतिभैरव’ = very terrible); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (ablative sg)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding benediction scene: the narrator finishes the Bhairaveśvara-māhātmya; listeners are shown purified, with a calm radiance around them and the liṅga in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha and deity-glories is itself a purifying dharma-act with transformative power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra through the Bhairaveśvara-liṅga’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listen to (hear/recite) the Bhairaveśvara māhātmya as a purificatory practice.