Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं मृत्युञ्जयमहोदयम् । पापघ्नं सर्वजंतूनां सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ mṛtyuñjayamahodayam | pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ സംക്ഷേപമായി മൃത്യുഞ്ജയന്റെ മഹോദയം പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. അവൻ സർവ്വജീവികളുടെ പാപനാശകനും സർവ്വ ധർമ്മസമ്മത ആഗ്രഹങ്ങൾക്ക് ഫലദായകനുമാണ്.

Word by Word

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

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: briefly/in summary)

• proktam: has been stated
• proktam: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac/√vad (वच्/वद् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/declared’

• mṛtyuñjayamahodayam: the great glory of Mṛtyuñjaya
• mṛtyuñjayamahodayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyuñjaya (प्रातिपदिक) + mahodaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• pāpaghnam: sin-destroying
• pāpaghnam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ghna (घ्न, √han-घ्निन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

• sarvajantūnām: of all beings
• sarvajantūnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• sarvakāmaphalapradam: granting the fruits of all desires
• sarvakāmaphalapradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mṛtyuñjaya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding proclamation of Mṛtyuñjaya’s greatness: the deity radiates protective power, dissolving sins and granting boons to all beings.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛtyuñjaya
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva as Mṛtyuñjaya is praised as the remover of sin and the compassionate giver of boons, encouraging faith-filled worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), presented as a powerful Śaiva sacred geography within the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; it functions as a concluding praise of the Mṛtyuñjaya-mahātmya and its merits.