Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं माहात्म्यं विष्णुदैवतम् । सर्वकामप्रदं नृणां सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ viṣṇudaivatam | sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

یہ سب کچھ تمہیں بیان کر دیا گیا—وِشنو دیوتا کی اس مقدس مہاتمیا کو؛ یہ انسانوں کی سب مرادیں پوری کرتی ہے اور ہر گناہ کا ناس کرتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• te: of you / to you (your)
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive pronoun)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणवत्

• ākhyātam: has been told/declared
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (आ-ख्या धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘told/declared’

• māhātmyam: the greatness, the sacred glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (माहात्म्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• viṣṇu-daivatam: having Viṣṇu as the deity
• viṣṇu-daivatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu (विष्णु-प्रातिपदिक) + daivata (दैवत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘विष्णोः दैवतं’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarva-kāma-pradam: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + kāma (काम) + prada (प्रद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद/कर्मधारय-प्राय: ‘सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• nṛṇām: of men, of people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (नृ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + pātaka (पातक) + nāśana (नाशन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सर्वपातकानां नाशनम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mādhava-mahātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator concludes the praise: the shrine and tank glow as if affirming the promise—boons for devotees and dissolution of sins; pilgrims bow in gratitude.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya tradition frames devotion to the deity of the place as both dharmically purifying and life-supporting (granting legitimate aims).

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The Viṣṇu/Mādhava sacred presence within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it functions as a phalaśruti summarizing the benefits of the described worship and tīrtha acts.