Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । श्रुतं हरति पापानि सौभाग्यं संप्रयच्छति

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | śrutaṃ harati pāpāni saubhāgyaṃ saṃprayacchati

Translation

如是，女神啊，我已为汝宣说此能灭罪之摩诃阿特米亚（māhātmya）。但凡听闻，便能除罪，并赐吉祥福运。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (thus)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2/4), एकवचन; एतत्सन्दर्भे चतुर्थी (to you) अधिकयुक्ता

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित (√कथ् धातु; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; भावे/कर्मणि ‘has been told’

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्) विशेषण

• श्रुतम्: (when) heard / hearing it
• श्रुतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत (√श्रु धातु; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘श्रवणम्/श्रुतं (that which is heard)’

• हरति: removes
• हरति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• संप्रयच्छति: bestows
• संप्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + √यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya (Jānakīśvara section)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī; sages/pilgrims sit in attentive listening posture as the māhātmya concludes; a gentle aura signifies sins dissolving and fortune arising.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Māhātmya (phalaśruti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a spiritual practice that purifies karma and supports auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The māhātmya just narrated concerns the Prabhāsa Kṣetra liṅga tradition (Jānakīśvara/Siddheśvara/Yuga-liṅga).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listening/hearing (śravaṇa) of the māhātmya is recommended as a sin-destroying act.