Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

उमाया नैरृते भागे ब्रह्मदेवर्षिसंस्थितः । तस्योत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपातकनाशिनीम्

Transliteration

umāyā nairṛte bhāge brahmadevarṣisaṃsthitaḥ | tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapātakanāśinīm

Translation

在乌玛（Umā）圣所的西南方位，住有梵天圣仙（Brahmadevarṣi）。如今我将宣说他的起源——此叙述能灭除一切罪垢。

Word by Word

• umāyāḥ: of Umā
• umāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of Umā)

• nairṛte: in the southwest
• nairṛte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nairṛta (प्रातिपदिक; नैऋत)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; दिशि-विशेषण (southwest)

• bhāge: in the part/region
• bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• brahmadevarṣi-saṃsthitaḥ: Brahmadevarṣi, stationed (there)
• brahmadevarṣi-saṃsthitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-devarṣi-saṃsthita (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्म + देवर्षि + सं-स्थित)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (a person) stationed/settled; समासे पूर्वपदसम्बन्धः

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• utpattim: origin, arising
• utpattim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall explain
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sarva-pātaka-nāśinīm: destroying all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśinīm: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-pātaka-nāśinī (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पातक + नाशिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying utpattim)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmadevarṣi (near Umā shrine)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Near Umā’s shrine in the south-west quarter, a revered liṅga named Brahmadevarṣi stands; a narrator begins the origin tale as listeners sit with folded hands, the air charged with purificatory promise.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Brahmadevarṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and hearing tīrtha-origin narratives is itself purificatory, dissolving even grave sins through sacred remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale near Umā’s shrine in Prabhāsakṣetra, where Brahmadevarṣi is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) is implied as the purifying act, since the origin account is declared “destroyer of all sins.”