Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं माहात्म्यं विष्णुदैवतम् । सर्वकामप्रदं नृणां सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ viṣṇudaivatam | sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

இவை அனைத்தும் விஷ்ணு தெய்வத்தின் மஹாத்மியமாக உனக்குச் சொல்லப்பட்டது; இது மனிதர்க்கு எல்லா விருப்பங்களையும் அளித்து, எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் அழிக்கிறது।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• te: of you / to you (your)
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive pronoun)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणवत्

• ākhyātam: has been told/declared
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (आ-ख्या धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘told/declared’

• māhātmyam: the greatness, the sacred glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (माहात्म्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• viṣṇu-daivatam: having Viṣṇu as the deity
• viṣṇu-daivatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu (विष्णु-प्रातिपदिक) + daivata (दैवत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘विष्णोः दैवतं’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarva-kāma-pradam: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + kāma (काम) + prada (प्रद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद/कर्मधारय-प्राय: ‘सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• nṛṇām: of men, of people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (नृ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + pātaka (पातक) + nāśana (नाशन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सर्वपातकानां नाशनम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mādhava-mahātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator concludes the praise: the shrine and tank glow as if affirming the promise—boons for devotees and dissolution of sins; pilgrims bow in gratitude.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya tradition frames devotion to the deity of the place as both dharmically purifying and life-supporting (granting legitimate aims).

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The Viṣṇu/Mādhava sacred presence within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it functions as a phalaśruti summarizing the benefits of the described worship and tīrtha acts.