Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । एष प्रभावः सुमहान्कंकणस्य प्रकीर्तितः । सर्वकामप्रदो देवि सर्वपापप्रणाशनः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | eṣa prabhāvaḥ sumahānkaṃkaṇasya prakīrtitaḥ | sarvakāmaprado devi sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ

Translation

ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—தேவி, கங்கணத்தின் மிகப் பெரிய மகிமை உரைக்கப்பட்டது; அது எல்லா விருப்பங்களையும் அருளி, எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் அழிப்பதாகும்।

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: वच् (said)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Viśeṣya (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun, nominative singular)

• प्रभावः: power/effect
• प्रभावः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + महान् (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्गवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular); विशेषणम् प्रभावस्य

• कंकणस्य: of the bracelet
• कंकणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• प्रकीर्तितः: has been proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तितः: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थ: कथितः/वर्णितः (has been proclaimed)

• सर्व-काम-प्रदः: giver of all desires
• सर्व-काम-प्रदः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; from √दा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सर्वेषां कामानां प्रदः (giver of all desires)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, vocative singular)

• सर्व-पाप-प्रणाशनः: destroyer of all sins
• सर्व-पाप-प्रणाशनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक; from प्र-√नश्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशनः (destroyer of all sins)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṅkaṇa (within Someśvara Māhātmya, Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara addresses Devī, proclaiming the extraordinary potency of the kaṅkaṇa (bracelet/amulet) as wish-fulfilling and sin-destroying, with the aura of Prabhāsa’s sanctity implied.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Kaṅkaṇa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)
• Someśvara/Somnātha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva affirms that tīrtha-linked observances can fulfill righteous desires and eradicate sin when performed with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra centered on Someśvara (Somnātha), within whose māhātmya this phalaśruti is spoken.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a new prescription; it summarizes the phala (benefit) of the kaṅkaṇa-related observance connected with the Prabhāsa tīrtha.