Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

इत्येवं कथितं देवि मंकीशोद्भवमुत्तमम् । श्रुतं हरति पापानि सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितैः

Transliteration

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi maṃkīśodbhavamuttamam | śrutaṃ harati pāpāni samyakchraddhāsamanvitaiḥ

Translation

ดังนี้แล โอ้เทวี เรื่องอันประเสริฐแห่งการอุบัติของมังกีศวรได้กล่าวแล้ว ผู้ใดสดับด้วยศรัทธาแท้และมั่นคง ย่อมกำจัดบาปทั้งปวงได้โดยชอบ

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक

• कथितम्: has been narrated
• कथितम्: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘told/related’

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• मंकीशोद्भवम्: the origin/story of Maṃkīśa
• मंकीशोद्भवम्: Karma/Visheṣya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंकीश (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मंकीशस्य उद्भवः/उद्भवम्)

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• श्रुतम्: (this) hearing / what is heard
• श्रुतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) भावे/कर्मणि, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘that which is heard’

• हरति: removes
• हरति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (properly, duly)

• श्रद्धासमन्वितैः: by those endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितैः: Karana/Agent-instrument (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; तृतीया-सम्बन्धे ‘by those endowed with faith’; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (श्रद्धया समन्विताः)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) to Devī (deduced from immediate section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses Devī, concluding the Maṃkīśvara origin account; listeners sit with folded hands, the atmosphere calm and purifying, suggesting that hearing itself is a ritual act.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Maṃkīśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of sacred māhātmya, when joined with sincere faith, becomes a purifying act that removes pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṃkīśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Faithful listening (śravaṇa) to the māhātmya is itself presented as a dhārmic practice yielding purification.