Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं मृत्युञ्जयमहोदयम् । पापघ्नं सर्वजंतूनां सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ mṛtyuñjayamahodayam | pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

یوں اختصار کے ساتھ مرتیونجَے کی عظیم شان بیان کی گئی۔ وہ تمام جانداروں کے گناہوں کو مٹانے والا اور ہر جائز خواہش کے پھل عطا کرنے والا ہے۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: thus)

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: briefly/in summary)

• proktam: has been stated
• proktam: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac/√vad (वच्/वद् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/declared’

• mṛtyuñjayamahodayam: the great glory of Mṛtyuñjaya
• mṛtyuñjayamahodayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyuñjaya (प्रातिपदिक) + mahodaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• pāpaghnam: sin-destroying
• pāpaghnam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ghna (घ्न, √han-घ्निन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

• sarvajantūnām: of all beings
• sarvajantūnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• sarvakāmaphalapradam: granting the fruits of all desires
• sarvakāmaphalapradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mṛtyuñjaya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding proclamation of Mṛtyuñjaya’s greatness: the deity radiates protective power, dissolving sins and granting boons to all beings.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛtyuñjaya
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva as Mṛtyuñjaya is praised as the remover of sin and the compassionate giver of boons, encouraging faith-filled worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), presented as a powerful Śaiva sacred geography within the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; it functions as a concluding praise of the Mṛtyuñjaya-mahātmya and its merits.