Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं भैरवेश्वरम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते जन्तुः पातकादतिभैरवात्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ bhairaveśvaram | yacchrutvā mucyate jantuḥ pātakādatibhairavāt

Translation

یوں اختصار کے ساتھ بھیرَوَیشور کی مہیمہ بیان کی گئی؛ اسے سن کر جیو نہایت ہولناک پاپ سے بھی آزاد ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus)

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘briefly/in summary’)

• proktam: has been stated
• proktam: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘has been said’

• māhātmyam: greatness, glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• bhairava-īśvaram: of Bhairaveśvara
• bhairava-īśvaram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (भैरवः ईश्वरः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun referring to māhātmyam)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘having heard’

• mucyate: is liberated
• mucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is freed)

• jantuḥ: a being/creature
• jantuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन (nominative sg)

• pātakāt: from sin
• pātakāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (ablative sg)

• ati-bhairavāt: from the exceedingly terrible (sin/terror)
• ati-bhairavāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययीभाव-सम्भवः ‘अतिभैरव’ = very terrible); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (ablative sg)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding benediction scene: the narrator finishes the Bhairaveśvara-māhātmya; listeners are shown purified, with a calm radiance around them and the liṅga in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha and deity-glories is itself a purifying dharma-act with transformative power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra through the Bhairaveśvara-liṅga’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listen to (hear/recite) the Bhairaveśvara māhātmya as a purificatory practice.