Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं सर्वं विमलेश्वरसूचकम् । माहात्म्यं सर्वपापघ्नं तुरीयं भवसुन्दरि

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ vimaleśvarasūcakam | māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ turīyaṃ bhavasundari

Translation

हे भवसुंदरी! विमलेश्वरास सूचित करणारे हे सर्व मी तुला सांगितले; हे चौथे माहात्म्य सर्व पापांचा नाश करणारे आहे.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणार्थक (quotative particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Acc/Dat), एकवचन; (अत्र चतुर्थी—तुभ्यम्)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि (it has been told)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Content/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• विमलेश्वरसूचकम्: indicating (the place/linga) Vimaleśvara
• विमलेश्वरसूचकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमलेश्वर + सूचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समास: विमलेश्वरं सूचयति इति (indicating Vimaleśvara)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness; sacred account
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सर्वपापघ्नम्: destroying all sins
• सर्वपापघ्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समास: सर्वेषां पापानां घ्नम् (destroying all sins)

• तुरीयम्: the fourth
• तुरीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• भवसुन्दरि: O beautiful one of Bhava (Śiva)
• भवसुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवसुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समास: भवस्य सुन्दरी

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual deduction; matches ‘bhavasundari’ address and the next adhyāya’s explicit ‘Īśvara uvāca’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (Bhavasundarī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva concludes the teaching to Pārvatī; the atmosphere is calm, didactic, and sanctifying, with the sense of a completed sacred narration.

Characters & Entities

• Vimaleśvara
• Māhātmya
• Bhavasundarī (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and preserving the māhātmya of a sacred Śaiva site is itself purificatory and sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vimaleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) and remembrance of the māhātmya are implied as meritorious, though no detailed ritual is specified.