Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । गोपीश्वरस्य देवस्य प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिनः

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | gopīśvarasya devasya prabhāsakṣetravāsinaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு பிரபாசக்ஷேத்ரத்தில் வாசம் செய்யும் தேவன் கோபீஸ்வரனின் பாவநாசக மாஹாத்மியம் சுருக்கமாக உரைக்கப்பட்டது।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: -तः)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: क्रिया (Predicative verbal adjective: 'has been said')
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: कर्म/विषय (Object/Topic of 'proktam')
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of माहात्म्यम्)

• गोपीश्वरस्य: of Gopīśvara
• गोपीश्वरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); गोपीश्वरस्य केनचित् विशेषणार्थे (in apposition)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिनः: dwelling in the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिनः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation; qualifier of देवस्य/गोपीश्वरस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभासक्षेत्र + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); वासिन्-प्रातिपदिक (resident)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopīśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A closing benediction scene: the liṅga of Gopīśvara radiant, devotees departing with folded hands; the Prabhāsa kṣetra landscape frames the shrine as a resident guardian.

Characters & Entities

• Gopīśvara
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even brief remembrance and hearing of a tīrtha’s Māhātmya is presented as purifying and spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopīśvara, the Śiva-deity said to dwell in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added; the verse serves as a concluding phalaśruti emphasizing purification through the Māhātmya.