Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

कोल्लादेवी स्थिता तत्र सर्वपापभयापहा । अन्तर्द्धानेन तां कोल्लां संप्राप्ता सा महानदी

Transliteration

kollādevī sthitā tatra sarvapāpabhayāpahā | antarddhānena tāṃ kollāṃ saṃprāptā sā mahānadī

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น พระเทวีโกลลา ประทับอยู่ ทรงขจัดบาปและความหวาดกลัวทั้งปวง ครั้นทรงอันตรธานแล้ว มหานทีนั้นก็มาถึงยังสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์โกลลา

Word by Word

• कोल्लादेवी: the goddess Kollā
• कोल्लादेवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोल्ला (प्रातिपदिक) + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कोल्ला एव देवी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थिता: stood, remained
• स्थिता: Kriya (Predicative participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (Locative adverb)

• सर्वपापभयापहा: remover of fear of all sins
• सर्वपापभयापहा: Visheshana (Adjective of कोल्लादेवी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) + अपहा (प्रातिपदिक; अपहृ ‘to remove’ from अप+हृ धातु, agent-noun)
• Form: समास (सर्वेषां पापानां भयम् अपहन्ती), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अन्तर्द्धानेन: by disappearance, by becoming hidden
• अन्तर्द्धानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्द्धान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कोल्लाम्: Kollā
• कोल्लाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोल्ला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• संप्राप्ता: reached, arrived
• संप्राप्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle) used as finite predicate, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महानदी: the great river
• महानदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महती नदी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kollā-devī-sthāna (Kollā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-group motif typical; exact not in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal sacred grove with a small Devī-shrine of Kollā; the great river’s stream vanishes into the earth (antar-dhāna) near the shrine, suggesting hidden channels beneath the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Kollā Devī
• Mahānadī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine feminine power protects devotees by dissolving both pāpa (sin) and bhaya (fear), portraying the tīrtha as a refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The seat of Kollā Devī within Prabhāsakṣetra, connected to a legend of the great river’s movement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the verse emphasizes the protective, purifying power of the deity and the sacred waters.