Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं सम्यङ्माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । रामेश्वरस्य देवस्य पुष्करस्य च भामिनि

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ samyaṅmāhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | rāmeśvarasya devasya puṣkarasya ca bhāmini

Translation

హే సుందరీ, ఈ విధంగా దేవుడైన రామేశ్వరుని మరియు పుష్కరుని పాపనాశక మహాత్మ్యాన్ని నీకు సమ్యకంగా చెప్పితిని।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-प्रकारक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2nd/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम ‘त्वम्’ का रूप; अत्र प्रायः चतुर्थी (to you)

• kathitam: told; narrated
• kathitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त, √kath (धातु), क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण

• samyak: properly; fully
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• māhātmyam: the greatness (account of sanctity)
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• pāpa-nāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pāpa-nāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्) विशेषण (माहात्म्यम् इति विशेष्य)

• rāmeśvarasya: of Rāmeśvara
• rāmeśvarasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāmeśvara (प्रातिपदिक; rāma + īśvara)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठī), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रामस्य ईश्वरः)

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• puṣkarasya: of Puṣkara
• puṣkarasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) [deduced from immediate chapter context]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Prabhāsa context) and Puṣkara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as bhāminī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva concludes a sacred narration to Devī, seated in a serene shrine-forest setting; the atmosphere is calm, with manuscripts or sages nearby, signaling the completion of a māhātmya.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Puṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and preserving the māhātmya of holy places and deities—especially Rāmeśvara and Puṣkara—is presented as a powerful means for pāpa-kṣaya (the destruction of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara (Rāmeśvarakṣetra) and Puṣkara are explicitly praised within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the merit of the narrated māhātmya itself.