Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं देवि सांबादित्यमहोदयम् । श्रुतं हरति पापानि तथाऽरोग्यं प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ devi sāṃbādityamahodayam | śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathā'rogyaṃ prayacchati

Translation

Vì thế, hỡi Nữ Thần, sự tôn vinh cao cả của Sāṃbāditya đã được thuật lại. Chỉ cần nghe thôi cũng tiêu trừ tội lỗi, lại ban sức khỏe và sự không bệnh tật.

Word by Word

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

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kathitam: told, narrated
• kathitam: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत (past passive participle)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• sāṃbāditya-mahodayam: the great glory of Sāmbāditya
• sāṃbāditya-mahodayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃbāditya (प्रातिपदिक) + mahodaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सांबादित्यस्य महोदयम्)

• śrutam: (when) heard
• śrutam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृत (that which is heard)

• harati: removes
• harati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hṛ (हृ)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• arogyam: health, freedom from disease
• arogyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• prayacchati: bestows, grants
• prayacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yam (यम्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃbāditya-māhātmya (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly listens as a narrator recites the Sāṃbāditya glory; listeners appear soothed and radiant, suggesting sin-removal and health-bestowal through hearing alone.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Sāṃbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) itself is a dharmic practice that purifies and supports well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra via the Sāṃbāditya Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing/reciting the Sāṃbāditya Māhātmya is presented as meritorious, giving pāpa-kṣaya and ārogya.