Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । सिद्धेश्वरस्य देवस्य सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | siddheśvarasya devasya sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

ดังนี้แล โอ้เทวี มหาตมยะอันทำลายบาปนี้ได้ประกาศแล้ว—ว่าด้วยเทพสิทเธศวร ผู้ประทานผลแห่งความปรารถนาอันชอบธรรมทั้งปวง

Word by Word

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

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

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/told’

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

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; एतत्-कथितम् इत्यस्य विशेष्य/सम्बन्ध

• पापनाशनम्: destroying sin
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: पापस्य नाशनम्; विशेषणम् (of माहात्म्यम्)

• सिद्धेश्वरस्य: of Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समास: सिद्धानाम् ईश्वरः

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: granting the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-काम-फल-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: सर्वेषां कामानां फलप्रदम् (giver of fruits of all desires); विशेषणम् (of माहात्म्यम्/देवस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Devī; likely Īśvara continuing the discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s voice concludes the Siddheśvara-māhātmya to Devī: the shrine radiates sanctity, with devotees receiving blessings—sins washed away, rightful wishes fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Siddheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and honoring a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself purifying and directs desire toward dharmic fulfillment under divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse functions as a phalaśruti, affirming the purifying and wish-fulfilling fruit of Siddheśvara devotion (in the preceding rites of snāna, pūjā, and japa).