Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

शूलभेदं मया तात संक्षेपात्कथितं तव । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

śūlabhedaṃ mayā tāta saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ tava | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Mein Lieber, ich habe dir Śūlabheda in Kürze dargelegt. Wer als Mensch mit Hingabe zuhört, wird von allen schweren Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• शूलभेदम्: Śūlabheda
• शूलभेदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तात: O dear one/father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• संक्षेपात्: briefly
• संक्षेपात्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे (ablative: briefly/in summary)

• कथितम्: told
• कथितम्: Kriyā (with implied ‘अस्ति’: has been told)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथित (कृदन्त; √कथ् ‘to tell’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• तव: to you
• तव: Sampradāna/Sambandha (for you/to you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• शृणोति: hears
• शृणोति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject, apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; साधन/हेतु (instrumental: with devotion)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व + पातक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from all sins)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (teacher/narrator concluding to the listener addressed as ‘tāta’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: tāta (dear one) / implied royal listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator affectionately addresses the listener (‘tāta’) and seals the teaching; a devotee listens with folded hands, while dark stains symbolizing pātaka dissolve into clear light around the Śūlabheda emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlabheda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (bhakti-yukta śravaṇa) is upheld as a powerful purifier alongside pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing the Śūlabheda Mahatmya with devotion.