Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तो ह्यग्नि तीर्थमहोदयः । सरस्वत्याश्च माहात्म्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ prokto hyagni tīrthamahodayaḥ | sarasvatyāśca māhātmyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तोऽग्नितीर्थस्य महोदयः। सरस्वत्याश्च माहात्म्यं सर्वपातकनाशनं च।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'in brief'

• प्रोक्तः: has been stated
• प्रोक्तः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• अग्नितीर्थमहोदयः: the great glory of Agni-tīrtha
• अग्नितीर्थमहोदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नितीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'अग्नितीर्थस्य महोदयः'

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, sacred glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्'

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha; Sarasvatī (Prabhāsa context)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm closing tableau: the sacred kund of Agnitīrtha in the foreground, and the personified Sarasvatī as a radiant river-goddess in the background, indicating that both glories have been summarized; atmosphere of completion and peace.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and honoring the māhātmya of a sacred place is itself framed as a force of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha at Prabhāsa and Sarasvatī’s associated sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it functions as a concluding synopsis of the tīrtha’s power.