Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं तव पौष्करम् । श्रुतं पापहरं नॄणां सर्वकामप्रदं तथा

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ tava pauṣkaram | śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ tathā

Translation

یوں اختصار کے ساتھ تمہارا پُشکر ماہاتمیہ بیان کیا گیا۔ اسے سننے سے لوگوں کے گناہ دور ہوتے ہیں اور اسی طرح تمام مطلوبہ مرادیں بھی عطا ہوتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्त्यर्थक (thus)

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Nipata (Adverbial/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (briefly/in summary)

• proktam: has been told
• proktam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषणम्

• māhātmyam: glory, greatness (account)
• māhātmyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pauṣkaram: pertaining to Puṣkara
• pauṣkaram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pauṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• śrutam: heard
• śrutam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (heard/when heard)

• pāpa-haram: sin-removing
• pāpa-haram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—पापं हरति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• nṝṇām: of men/people
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sarva-kāma-pradam: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• tathā: also, likewise
• tathā: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (also/likewise)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) the addressed interlocutor (‘tava’) within the dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or priest recites the Puṣkara-māhātmya to attentive pilgrims seated near the pond; palm-leaf manuscript, prayer beads, and a calm devotional gathering.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara Māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing sacred narratives (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a purifying practice, not merely information—it is dharma with fruit (phala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-kuṇḍa / Puṣkara tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to the māhātmya is presented as a meritorious act yielding pāpa-haraṇa and sarva-kāma-pradāna.