Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं चन्द्रदैवतम् । श्रुतं हरति पापानि तथाऽरोग्यं प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ candradaivatam | śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathā'rogyaṃ prayacchati

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ സംക്ഷേപമായി ചന്ദ്രദൈവതത്തിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു. ഇത് ശ്രവണമാത്രത്തിൽ പാപങ്ങൾ നശിക്കുകയും ആരോഗ്യവും ലഭിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसंहार/इत्यर्थ (thus)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (adverbial ablative: ‘briefly/in summary’)

• प्रोक्तम्: declared
• प्रोक्तम्: विधेय (Predicate adjective of माहात्म्यम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: प्र; (‘said/declared’)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चन्द्रदैवतम्: pertaining to the Moon-deity
• चन्द्रदैवतम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of माहात्म्यम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र + दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (‘चन्द्रः दैवतं यस्य/यत्’)

• श्रुतम्: (when) heard / the hearing of it
• श्रुतम्: कर्ता (Subject of हरति/प्रयच्छति)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) used substantively, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (‘when heard/that which is heard’)

• हरति: removes
• हरति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: सम्बन्धसूचक (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रम (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

• आरोग्यम्: health
• आरोग्यम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रयच्छति: bestows
• प्रयच्छति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: प्र; धातु-आदेश: यच्छ (from √दा in causative-like present stem)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candra-devatā māhātmya within Prabhāsa (Somnātha context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or narrator concludes the tale; listeners sit in a semicircle, calm and attentive; above them, a subtle vision of Somnātha liṅga and the Moon as a blessing; the words ‘pāpa-hara’ and ‘ārogya-prada’ are visually implied through light and healing motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Moon-deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even hearing (śravaṇa) sacred māhātmya with faith purifies sin and supports well-being, showing the purifying power of sacred narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse concludes a Prabhāsakṣetra māhātmya segment and ties the merit to the Prabhāsa sacred landscape and its deities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening to the māhātmya) is presented as the efficacious practice, yielding pāpa-kṣaya and ārogya.