Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं मया प्रिये कलिपापौघविनाशनं शुभम् । निखिलं तीर्थमहोदयोदयं पठितं सद्विनिहंति पापसंहतिम्

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ mayā priye kalipāpaughavināśanaṃ śubham | nikhilaṃ tīrthamahodayodayaṃ paṭhitaṃ sadvinihaṃti pāpasaṃhatim

Translation

ఓ ప్రియే, కలియుగ పాపప్రవాహాన్ని నశింపజేసే ఈ శుభకథను నేను నీకు చెప్పాను. తీర్థమహిమ యొక్క ఈ సమగ్ర వర్ణనను ఎవడు పఠిస్తాడో, వాడు నిశ్చయంగా కూడబెట్టిన పాపసమూహాన్ని నిర్మూలిస్తాడు.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/closure particle)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Acc/Dative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• kathitam: told; narrated
• kathitam: Kriyā (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kath (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• priye: O beloved
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kali-pāpa-ogha-vināśanam: destroyer of the mass of Kali-age sins
• kali-pāpa-ogha-vināśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (kali-pāpa-ogha-vināśana = destroyer of the flood of Kali’s sins), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• nikhilam: entire; complete
• nikhilam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nikhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• tīrtha-mahodaya-udayam: the great manifestation of the sacred ford
• tīrtha-mahodaya-udayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + mahodaya (प्रातिपदिक) + udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (tīrtha-mahodaya-udaya = the great rise/manifestation of the tīrtha), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• paṭhitam: recited; read
• paṭhitam: Karta (Subject: 'when recited')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṭh (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sat: completely; well
• sat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Intensifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्/उपपद (intensifier), समासपूर्वपद (prefix-like: 'well/entirely')

• vinihaṃti: destroy; remove
• vinihaṃti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु) + vi- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• pāpa-saṃhatim: the collection of sins
• pāpa-saṃhatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (mass of sins), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) [deduced from immediate context continuing into Adhyāya 6: “Īśvara uvāca”]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as the māhātmya’s field)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher recites the Prabhāsa tīrtha-māhātmya to attentive listeners; the text is shown as radiant; dark clouds labeled ‘Kali-pāpa’ disperse as sound-waves emanate.

Characters & Entities

• Kali (Kali Yuga)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reciting and preserving tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifying act that destroys accumulated sin, especially in Kali Yuga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the collective glory of the tīrthas connected with Vastrāpatha/Prabhāsa, as part of the Gaṅgeśvara-focused narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha—reading/recitation of the māhātmya—is presented as the efficacious practice.