Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

इदं परममायुष्यं मङ्गल्यं कीर्तिवर्धनम् । विप्राणां श्रावयन्विद्वान्फलानन्त्यंसमश्नुते

Transliteration

idaṃ paramamāyuṣyaṃ maṅgalyaṃ kīrtivardhanam | viprāṇāṃ śrāvayanvidvānphalānantyaṃsamaśnute

Translation

Diese Lehre verleiht höchste Lebensdauer, Heil und Gedeihen sowie Mehrung guten Ruhmes. Ein Gelehrter, der sie den Brāhmaṇas vorträgt, erlangt eine endlose Fülle an Verdienst (Puṇya).

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (idam इति)

• āyuṣyam: life-promoting/long-life-giving
• āyuṣyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (idam इति)

• maṅgalyam: auspicious
• maṅgalyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maṅgalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (idam इति)

• kīrti-vardhanam: fame-increasing
• kīrti-vardhanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kīrti (प्रातिपदिक) + vardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कीर्तेः वर्धनम्)

• viprāṇām: of/for the brāhmaṇas
• viprāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• śrāvayan: causing to hear/reciting
• śrāvayan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्तः (शतृ/Present active participle), परस्मैपदी, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; णिजन्त-धातु: श्रावयति

• vidvān: a learned man
• vidvān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidvas (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष्यः (ज्ञानी)

• phala-ānantyam: endlessness of results
• phala-ānantyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + ānantya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (फलानाम् आनन्त्यम्)

• samaśnute: attains/obtains
• samaśnute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: aś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः सम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (deduced from adjacent Naimiṣa reference)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-māhātmya (textual unit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vidvān seated on a vyāsapīṭha reciting from a manuscript to attentive brāhmaṇas; lamps, garlands, and a calm assembly indicating maṅgala and kīrti.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa and pāṭha of sacred Purāṇic teaching—especially when shared with the learned—multiplies auspicious merit and uplifts one’s life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general phala-śruti within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reciting/causing this teaching to be heard (śrāvana/pāṭha), particularly for brāhmaṇas.