Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं कृते महाराज यत्पुण्यं च भवेन्नॄणाम् । शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा तत्पुण्यं नृपसत्तम

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛte mahārāja yatpuṇyaṃ ca bhavennṝṇām | śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā tatpuṇyaṃ nṛpasattama

Translation

O großer König, wenn dies so vollzogen wird, entsteht für die Menschen ein Verdienst; höre, aufmerksam geworden, von diesem Verdienst, o Bester der Herrscher.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• कृते: when (this) has been done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) 'कृत'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् राजा); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यत्-पुण्यम्: whatever merit
• यत्-पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यत् + पुण्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपद (भवेत्/भवति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भवेत्: may arise/comes to be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; अकर्मक

• नॄणाम्: of men/people
• नॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अवहितः: attentive
• अवहितः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण (त्वम् implied)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकर्म

• तत्-पुण्यम्: that merit
• तत्-पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तत् + पुण्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (शृणुष्व)

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नृपाणां सत्तमः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (explicitly addressing a king; likely a sage/narrator to a ruler within Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (mahārāja / nṛpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses a seated king in a forest-ashram or riverside pavilion; the king listens intently as the speaker prepares to declare the fruits of the completed observance.

Characters & Entities

• Mahārāja (king as listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is taught through promised spiritual outcomes; attentive listening to śāstra is itself a discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is the Revā/Narmadā tīrtha and Śālagrāma worship described in the same chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It introduces the fruits of the previously stated rites (snāna, upavāsa, jāgaraṇa, śrāddha, dāna).