Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं सम्यङ्माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । रामेश्वरस्य देवस्य पुष्करस्य च भामिनि

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ samyaṅmāhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | rāmeśvarasya devasya puṣkarasya ca bhāmini

Translation

Vì thế, hỡi giai nhân, ta đã thuật lại đúng đắn cho nàng về māhātmya—sự vĩ đại diệt trừ tội lỗi—của Thần Chủ Rāmeśvara, và cả của Puṣkara nữa.

Word by Word

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

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2nd/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम ‘त्वम्’ का रूप; अत्र प्रायः चतुर्थी (to you)

• kathitam: told; narrated
• kathitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त, √kath (धातु), क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण

• samyak: properly; fully
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• māhātmyam: the greatness (account of sanctity)
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• pāpa-nāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pāpa-nāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्) विशेषण (माहात्म्यम् इति विशेष्य)

• rāmeśvarasya: of Rāmeśvara
• rāmeśvarasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāmeśvara (प्रातिपदिक; rāma + īśvara)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठī), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रामस्य ईश्वरः)

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• puṣkarasya: of Puṣkara
• puṣkarasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) [deduced from immediate chapter context]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Prabhāsa context) and Puṣkara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as bhāminī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva concludes a sacred narration to Devī, seated in a serene shrine-forest setting; the atmosphere is calm, with manuscripts or sages nearby, signaling the completion of a māhātmya.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Puṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and preserving the māhātmya of holy places and deities—especially Rāmeśvara and Puṣkara—is presented as a powerful means for pāpa-kṣaya (the destruction of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara (Rāmeśvarakṣetra) and Puṣkara are explicitly praised within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the merit of the narrated māhātmya itself.