Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

इत्येवं कथितं देवि रामेश्वरमहोदयम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मानवः सम्यक्छ्रद्धावान्प्राप्नुयाद्दिवम्

Transliteration

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi rāmeśvaramahodayam | yacchrutvā mānavaḥ samyakchraddhāvānprāpnuyāddivam

Translation

ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ, ਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ, ਰਾਮੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਦੀ ਮਹਾਨ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਕਹੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ। ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਨਾਲ ਠੀਕ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸੁਣਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਹੀ ਸਵਰਗ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-निपात (quotative)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• रामेश्वरमहोदयम्: the great glory of Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वरमहोदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (रामेश्वरस्य महोदयम् = the great glory/benefit of Rāmeśvara)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) ‘having heard’

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• श्रद्धावान्: faithful
• श्रद्धावान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (मतुप्/वतुप्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (possessing faith)

• प्राप्नुयात्: would attain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिवम्: heaven
• दिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator reciting the Rāmeśvara glory to Devī; listeners seated with folded hands; a subtle vision of a radiant heavenly path above, indicating ‘divam’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Rāmeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya itself becomes a meritorious spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing the māhātmya with śraddhā (faith) is presented as a merit-bearing observance (phalaśruti).