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

وہاں دیوی کولّا مقیم ہے، جو ہر گناہ اور ہر خوف کو دور کرنے والی ہے۔ پھر غائب ہو کر وہ عظیم ندی کولّا کے دھام تک جا پہنچی۔

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.