Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

आख्यानमेतच्च सदा यशस्यं स्वर्ग्यं धन्यं पुत्र्यमायुष्यकारि । शृण्वंल्लभेत्सर्वमेतद्धि भक्त्या पर्वणि पर्वण्याजमीढस्सदैव

Transliteration

ākhyānametacca sadā yaśasyaṃ svargyaṃ dhanyaṃ putryamāyuṣyakāri | śṛṇvaṃllabhetsarvametaddhi bhaktyā parvaṇi parvaṇyājamīḍhassadaiva

Translation

Diese heilige Erzählung ist stets ruhmspendend, himmelverleihend, glückverheißend, schenkt Nachkommenschaft und mehrt die Lebensdauer. Wer sie voll Hingabe hört—besonders an Festtagen und heiligen Anlässen—erlangt wahrlich all diese Früchte, o Nachkomme Ajamīḍhas.

Word by Word

• ākhyānam: narrative, account
• ākhyānam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• yaśasyam: fame-giving, glorious
• yaśasyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• svargyam: heavenly, leading to heaven
• svargyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svargya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• dhanyam: auspicious, blessed
• dhanyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• putryam: granting sons/offspring
• putryam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• āyuṣya-kāri: life-prolonging
• āyuṣya-kāri: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyuṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• śṛṇvan: listening
• śṛṇvan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये-अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• parvaṇi: on a sacred day/occasion (parvan)
• parvaṇi: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• parvaṇi: on each parvan
• parvaṇi: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• ājamīḍhaḥ: Ājamīḍha (name/epithet)
• ājamīḍhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājamīḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Rudra/Śiva (phalaśruti style within the adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgu-tīrtha māhātmya (within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ājamīḍha-vaṃśaja (descendant of Ajamīḍha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation assembly at a riverbank/temple courtyard: a sage reads from palm-leaf manuscript; king and devotees listen in devotion; banners indicate a festival day.

Characters & Entities

• Ajamīḍha (dynastic epithet)
• listener king (Pāṇḍava context continues below)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic practice that confers auspicious worldly and otherworldly benefits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgutīrtha/Bhṛgukaccha in the Revā (Narmadā) region, as the narrative being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) with bhakti, particularly on parvan (holy/festival) days.