Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य तीर्थजालं सविस्तरम् । प्रभासस्यैव माहात्म्यं कथयस्व सुरेश्वर

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya tīrthajālaṃ savistaram | prabhāsasyaiva māhātmyaṃ kathayasva sureśvara

Translation

پس ان بے شمار تیرتھوں کے پھیلے ہوئے جال کو ایک طرف رکھ کر، اے دیوتاؤں کے پروردگار! مجھے صرف پربھاس کی عظمت بیان کیجیے۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; पुँलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भवः; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier of action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• तीर्थजालम्: the network/collection of pilgrimage places
• तीर्थजालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-समासः (determinative: ‘network of tīrthas’)

• सविस्तरम्: in detail; extensive
• सविस्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थ) + विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाव-समासः (‘with detail/at length’)

• प्रभासस्य: of Prabhāsa
• प्रभासस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness; glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथयस्व: tell; narrate
• कथयस्व: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; कथयति)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• सुरेश्वर: O Lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘lord of gods’)

Speaker

Pārvatī (Devī) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee urges the divine teacher: ‘Leave aside the vast net of tīrthas; narrate only Prabhāsa’s greatness.’ The scene is a concentrated guru-śiṣya moment.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Sureśvara (Īśvara/Śiva)
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic path emphasizes śravaṇa (hearing) and single-minded reverence for the highest kṣetra rather than scattered curiosity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa is explicitly singled out as the subject of māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the prescription is narrative devotion—requesting and hearing the māhātmya of Prabhāsa.