Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

एवं व्रतस्य माहात्म्यं कथितं सकलं मया

Transliteration

evaṃ vratasya māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ sakalaṃ mayā

Translation

Như vậy, ta đã thuật lại trọn vẹn uy đức và sự thù thắng của lời nguyện này.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• vratasya: of the vow
• vratasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Genitive, Singular)

• māhātmyam: greatness
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• kathitam: has been told
• kathitam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• sakalam: entire/complete
• sakalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifies māhātmyam)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (Agent-instrumental/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (1st person pronoun, Instrumental, Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like divine narrator concludes the account; listeners sit attentively in a sacred grove/temple courtyard at Prabhāsa, with manuscripts or rosaries indicating transmission of tradition.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya passages function as authoritative summaries: the tradition presents vrata as a complete path of merit when properly understood.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the setting of the teaching being concluded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a closing statement indicating the teaching on the vow’s greatness is complete.