Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 168

Devanagari script

श्रृणोतीदं श्रद्धया यस्तस्य तुष्येश्च भास्करः । धारयन्हृदये मोक्षंमुच्यते भवसागरात्

Transliteration

śrṛṇotīdaṃ śraddhayā yastasya tuṣyeśca bhāskaraḥ | dhārayanhṛdaye mokṣaṃmucyate bhavasāgarāt

Translation

Wer dies mit Glauben hört, dem ist die Sonne (Bhāskara) wohlgesinnt. Wer diese Lehre der Befreiung im Herzen bewahrt, wird aus dem Ozean des Saṃsāra erlöst.

Word by Word

• śṛṇoti: he hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• tuṣyati: is pleased
• tuṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (तुष् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• bhāskaraḥ: the Sun (Bhāskara)
• bhāskaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• dhārayan: holding/bearing
• dhārayan: Kriya (Concomitant/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धृ धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे (concomitant action: ‘while holding’)

• hṛdaye: in the heart
• hṛdaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• mucyate: is released
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• bhava-sāgarāt: from the ocean of worldly existence
• bhava-sāgarāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhavasya sāgaraḥ)

Speaker

Deductive (contextual): Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (narrator in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Purūravāditya-tīrtha (māhātmya-śravaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees sit in attentive listening as a reciter chants the māhātmya; above, Bhāskara radiates approving light; one listener holds the teaching ‘in the heart,’ depicted as a lotus within the chest, while waves of saṃsāra recede.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening and inner retention of dharma-teachings leads toward liberation from saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general phalaśruti to the preceding narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening with faith) and dhāraṇā (keeping the teaching in the heart/mind).