Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं चक्रपाणिनः । दण्डपाणिगणस्यापि श्रुतं पापौघनाशनम्

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ cakrapāṇinaḥ | daṇḍapāṇigaṇasyāpi śrutaṃ pāpaughanāśanam

Translation

یوں اختصار کے ساتھ چکرپانی کی مہاتمیا بیان کی گئی؛ اور دَṇḍپانی کے گنوں کا بیان بھی سنا گیا—یہ وہ روایت ہے جو گناہوں کے سیلاب کو مٹا دیتی ہے۔

Word by Word

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

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriya-Viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• proktam: told, declared
• proktam: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-vac (धातु) → prokta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘māhātmyam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• māhātmyam: the greatness, the glory
• māhātmyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• cakrapāṇinaḥ: of Cakrapāṇi (Viṣṇu)
• cakrapāṇinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakrapāṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• daṇḍapāṇigaṇasya: of the group of Daṇḍapāṇis
• daṇḍapāṇigaṇasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṇḍapāṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दण्डपाणिनां गणः)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Additive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• śrutam: heard, recounted
• śrutam: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (धातु) → śruta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (elliptic) ‘(māhātmyam) śrutam’

• pāpaughanāśanam: the destroyer of floods of sin
• pāpaughanāśanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापौघस्य नाशनम्)

Speaker

Narrative voice within the dialogue (contextually continuing from Viṣṇu’s instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (Cakrapāṇi and Daṇḍapāṇi-gaṇa kathā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the māhātmya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes narration before attentive pilgrims; behind them, symbolic icons of Cakrapāṇi and a stern protective Daṇḍapāṇi-gaṇa appear as guardian figures; the air feels cleansed as if sin is washed away by sound.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrapāṇi
• Daṇḍapāṇi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and remembering tīrtha-māhātmyas is itself purifying; sacred narration is a dharmic practice with transformative merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, through the summarized glory of its deities and their sin-destroying praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A śravaṇa-phala is implied: hearing the māhātmya (recitation/listening) is proclaimed as sin-destroying.