Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं महाभाग्यं महोदयम् । मंगलायाश्च माहात्म्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ mahābhāgyaṃ mahodayam | maṃgalāyāśca māhātmyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ดังนี้ได้กล่าวโดยสังเขปถึงมหามงคลและความยกย่องอันยิ่งใหญ่ คือมหาตมยะของพระนางมังคลา ผู้ทำลายบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/thus)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेपतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: briefly/in summary)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि

• महाभाग्यम्: great fortune
• महाभाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; महत् भाग्यम् (कर्मधारय)

• महोदयम्: great rise/prosperity
• महोदयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; महान् उदयः (कर्मधारय)

• मंगलायाः: of Maṅgalā
• मंगलायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); विशेषणम् (to māhātmyaṃ)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgalā (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: a sage-like narrator gestures as if summarizing; behind him, Maṅgalā-devī’s icon shines, and a scroll-like band suggests ‘māhātmya’; dark stains symbolizing sins fade away from listeners.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgalā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and practicing the kṣetra’s devotional instructions is presented as a path to purification and uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra through the concluding praise (phalaśruti) of Maṅgalā’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it serves as a concluding phalaśruti affirming sin-destruction through Maṅgalā’s māhātmya.