Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

इति निगदितमेतद्भूतनाथेश्वरस्य प्रचुरकलिमलानां नाशनं पुण्यहेतुः । पठति च पुरुषो वा यः शृणोतीह भक्त्या सुरवरमहिमानं मुच्यते पातकौघैः

Transliteration

iti nigaditametadbhūtanātheśvarasya pracurakalimalānāṃ nāśanaṃ puṇyahetuḥ | paṭhati ca puruṣo vā yaḥ śṛṇotīha bhaktyā suravaramahimānaṃ mucyate pātakaughaiḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ได้ประกาศมหิมาแห่งภูตนาถेशวร ผู้เป็นเหตุแห่งบุญและทำลายมลทินอันมากมายแห่งกาลียุค ผู้ใดด้วยภักติอ่านหรือแม้เพียงสดับ ณ ที่นี้ซึ่งความยิ่งใหญ่ของเทพผู้ประเสริฐนั้น ย่อมพ้นจากกองบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• निगदितम्: has been stated
• निगदितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि+गद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

• भूतनाथेश्वरस्य: of Bhūtanātheśvara (Lord of beings)
• भूतनाथेश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; समासः—भूतानां नाथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + ईश्वरः (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष), समस्तपदम्

• प्रचुरकलिमलानाम्: of abundant Kali-age impurities/sins
• प्रचुरकलिमलानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रचुर (प्रातिपदिक) + कलि (प्रातिपदिक) + मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; समासः—कलिमलानां प्रचुरत्वम्/प्रचुराणि कलिमलानि (कर्मधारय) → षष्ठी-बहुवचनरूपेण ‘...-आनाम्’

• नाशनम्: destruction
• नाशनम्: Karma (Predicate nominal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• पुण्यहेतुः: a cause of merit
• पुण्यहेतुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—पुण्यस्य हेतुः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पठति: reads/recites
• पठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुरुषः: a person
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• शृणोति: hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here/in this world)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• सुरवरमहिमानम्: the glory of the best of gods
• सुरवरमहिमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक) + महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—सुराणां वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) → सुरवर; सुरवरस्य महिमा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is released)

• पातकौघैः: from heaps of sins
• पातकौघैः: Apadana (Ablative sense via Instrumental/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; समासः—पातकानाम् ओघः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); तृतीया—अपादान/हेतौ (from/by)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within the Māhātmya (phalaśruti-style conclusion)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhūtanātheśvara (mahimā narrative) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional assembly in Prabhāsa where a narrator recites the Bhūtanātheśvara mahimā; listeners with folded hands feel sins dissolving; a subtle aura of purification pervades the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūtanātheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening and recitation of a tīrtha-deity’s glory is itself a purifying practice that counters Kali-yuga negativity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the glorification of Bhūtanātheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (reading/recitation) of the Māhātmya with devotion, stated to remove masses of sins.