Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं देवि ह्युन्नतस्य महोद्यम् । श्रुतं पापहरं नॄणां सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ devi hyunnatasya mahodyam | śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

ดังนี้แล โอ้เทวี มหามหาตมยะอันยิ่งใหญ่แห่งอุนนตได้กล่าวแล้ว เมื่อได้สดับ ย่อมชำระบาปของชน และประทานผลแห่งความปรารถนาอันชอบธรรมทั้งปวง

Word by Word

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

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

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• उन्नतस्य: of Unnata
• उन्नतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्नत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• महोद्यम्: the great undertaking (account)
• महोद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्-उद्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—महान् उद्यमः (कर्मधारय)

• श्रुतम्: heard (listening to it)
• श्रुतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापहरम्: sin-destroying
• पापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—पापं हरति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• नॄणाम्: of men
• नॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: granting the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-काम-फल-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सर्वे कामाः (कर्मधारय) + तेषां फलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + तत् प्रददाति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnata-sthāna-māhātmya (śravaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storyteller-sage recites the Unnata-sthāna māhātmya to an attentive assembly; above them, symbolic dark stains (sins) dissolve into light, while wish-fulfilling blossoms appear—signifying pāpa-haraṇa and dhārmic kāma-siddhi through hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Unnata(-sthāna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a kṣetra’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic practice that purifies and blesses the listener.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Unnata-sthāna within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listening to (hearing) the māhātmya is presented as the efficacious act, with sin-removing merit.