Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

य एतां चैव शृणुयाद्रुद्रैकादशसंहिताम् । तस्य क्षेत्रफलं सर्वं प्रभासांतरवासिनः

Transliteration

ya etāṃ caiva śṛṇuyādrudraikādaśasaṃhitām | tasya kṣetraphalaṃ sarvaṃ prabhāsāṃtaravāsinaḥ

Translation

ഈ ഏകാദശ രുദ്രസംഹിത ശ്രവിക്കുന്നവന് പ്രഭാസാന്തർവാസിയെപ്പോലെ സമസ്ത ക്ഷേത്രഫലവും ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; relative pronoun (यः = 'who')

• etām: this (f.)
• etām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• śṛṇuyāt: should hear
• śṛṇuyāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rudraikādaśasaṃhitām: the compendium of the eleven Rudras
• rudraikādaśasaṃhitām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + ekādaśa (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देशात्मक: 'रुद्र-एकादशानां संहिता'

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; 'of him'

• kṣetraphalam: the fruit of the sacred place
• kṣetraphalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'क्षेत्रस्य फलम्'

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying kṣetraphalam)

• prabhāsāṃtaravāsinaḥ: of the resident within Prabhāsa (kṣetra)
• prabhāsāṃtaravāsinaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsin (वस धातु-निष्ठ/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'प्रभास-अन्तरे वासी' → 'of the one dwelling within Prabhāsa'

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation assembly: a learned narrator chants the Ekādaśa Rudra compilation; listeners sit with folded hands; behind them appears a visionary overlay of Prabhāsa’s shrine and coastline, indicating ‘as if dwelling there’.

Characters & Entities

• Eleven Rudras
• Prabhāsa
• Śravaṇa (hearing)
• Kṣetra-phala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of sacred māhātmya is itself a potent spiritual act that can confer pilgrimage-like merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose full merit is promised through hearing this account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the Rudra-ekādaśa account—is presented as the key practice.