Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तमादित्येशमहोदयम् । श्रुत्वाऽवधार्य यत्नेन मुच्यते कर्मबंधनैः

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktamādityeśamahodayam | śrutvā'vadhārya yatnena mucyate karmabaṃdhanaiḥ

Translation

ଏଭଳି ସଂକ୍ଷେପରେ ଆଦିତ୍ୟେଶଙ୍କ ମହାମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ କୁହାଗଲା। ଏହାକୁ ଶୁଣି ଯତ୍ନରେ ହୃଦୟରେ ଧାରଣ କଲେ କର୍ମବନ୍ଧନରୁ ମୁକ୍ତି ମିଳେ।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: briefly/in summary)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त (past passive participle) — said/declared

• आदित्येशमहोदयम्: the great glory of Ādityeśa
• आदित्येशमहोदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + ईश + महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — the great glory of Ādityeśa

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — having heard

• अवधार्य: having understood
• अवधार्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+धृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष अव्यय (Gerund; -य ending) — having ascertained/considered

• यत्नेन: with effort
• यत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — with effort

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — is released

• कर्मबंधनैः: from the bonds of karma
• कर्मबंधनैः: Apadana (Ablative sense via Instrumental/अपादानार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन — from/by the bonds of karma

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator recites the glory of Ādityeśa to attentive pilgrims/sages seated in a sacred assembly; the liṅga shrine and coastal light suggest Prabhāsa’s sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Ādityeśa
• Karma-bandha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and dhāraṇa (internalizing) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a liberating spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādityeśa/Ādityeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Attentive hearing and careful contemplation/retention of the māhātmya are prescribed as a means to loosen karma-bonds.