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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

य इदं श्रावयेद्विद्वान्समस्तं त्वर्धमेव वा । पादमात्रं तदर्धं वा त्वेकं व्याख्यानमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

ya idaṃ śrāvayedvidvānsamastaṃ tvardhameva vā | pādamātraṃ tadardhaṃ vā tvekaṃ vyākhyānamuttamam

Translation

Wer als Gelehrter bewirkt, dass dies gehört wird—ganz oder auch nur zur Hälfte; oder nur ein Viertel, oder die Hälfte davon; ja selbst nur eine einzige vortreffliche Auslegung—(erlangt wahrlich das genannte Verdienst).

Word by Word
yaḥwho (he who)
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
idamthis (text)
idam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम
śrāvayetshould cause to be recited / should recite aloud (through another)
śrāvayet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु) + ṇic (प्रेरण/causative)
Formलोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिजन्त-धातु (causative)
vidvāna learned man
vidvān:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvidvas (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vid)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle) अर्थे ‘ज्ञानी’
samastamentire, complete
samastam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsamasta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण
tubut / indeed
tu:
Sambandha/Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)
ardhamhalf
ardham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootardha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
evaonly / just
eva:
Sambandha/Emphasis
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha/Alternative
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)
pāda-mātramonly a quarter (one pāda)
pāda-mātram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāda (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मात्रा-निर्देश: ‘पादस्य मात्रम्’)
tad-ardhamhalf of that
tad-ardham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (‘तस्य अर्धम्’)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha/Alternative
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात
tubut / indeed
tu:
Sambandha/Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
ekamone
ekam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण
vyākhyānamexplanation, exposition
vyākhyānam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvy-ā-khyāna (प्रातिपदिक; √khyā)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
uttamamexcellent, best
uttamam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (superlative sense)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned paṇḍita recites the Kāśī-māhātmya to attentive listeners; palm-leaf manuscript on a low wooden stand; lamps and incense; Ganga-ghāṭa ambience implied.

FAQs

Even partial recitation, listening, or a single sincere explanation of sacred teaching is spiritually potent; devotion and transmission matter, not only quantity.

The verse belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework, where Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the implied sacred setting and source of merit.

Śravaṇa/śrāvaṇa—causing the text to be heard (recitation for others) and vyākhyāna—giving an excellent exposition.

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