Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

इत्येवं कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । ब्रह्मकुण्डप्रसादेन सारात्सारतरं प्रिये

Transliteration

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | brahmakuṇḍaprasādena sārātsārataraṃ priye

Translation

தேவி, இவ்வாறு பாபநாசகமான இந்த மாஹாத்மியம் கூறப்பட்டது. பிரியே, பிரஹ்மகுண்டத்தின் அருளால் இது சாரங்களின் சாரமாயுள்ளது.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• कथितम्: told/declared
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma/Subject complement (Object/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्)

• ब्रह्मकुण्डप्रसादेन: by the grace of Brahma-kuṇḍa
• ब्रह्मकुण्डप्रसादेन: Karana/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मकुण्ड-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मकुण्डस्य प्रसादः)

• सारात्: than the essence
• सारात्: Apadana (Comparison source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• सारतरम्: more excellent
• सारतरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारतर (प्रातिपदिक) [सार + तरप्]
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from the dialogue style addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses Devī, concluding a māhātmya: the sanctity of Brahmakuṇḍa is evoked as a luminous, purifying presence; the mood is contemplative, with the tīrtha imagined as radiating grace.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Brahmakuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-prasāda (the grace of a holy ford) is portrayed as a concentrated spiritual essence that destroys sin and elevates devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single act is prescribed in this verse; it concludes and praises the Māhātmya itself as pāpa-nāśana.