Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

यच्छ्रुत्वा च पठित्वा च मुच्यते मानवो भुवि

Transliteration

yacchrutvā ca paṭhitvā ca mucyate mānavo bhuvi

Translation

مَن سَمِعَ هذا وتلاه، تحرّرَ الإنسانُ وهو على الأرض.

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘which/that (thing)’

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having heard’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — ‘and’

• पठित्वा: having read/recited
• पठित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पठ् (धातु) → पठित्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having read/recited’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — ‘and’

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense) — ‘is released’

• मानवः: a human being
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘a man/human’

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — ‘on earth/in the world’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-māhātmya (as śabda-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General human audience (implied), within brāhmaṇa assembly context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter chanting from a palm-leaf manuscript to attentive listeners; the words appear as a luminous river/bridge of sound, symbolizing ‘text as tīrtha’.

Characters & Entities

• mānava (human being)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of tīrtha-māhātmya are themselves dharmic disciplines that grant release from bondage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu-māhātmya narrative as a whole, implicitly centered on Setu and its tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation and attentive listening are prescribed as the practice.