Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

यस्याः स्मरणमात्रेण सर्वदुःखक्षयो भवेत् । तां विद्यां कीर्तयिष्यामि शृणुध्वं विप्रपुंगवाः

Transliteration

yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa sarvaduḥkhakṣayo bhavet | tāṃ vidyāṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ viprapuṃgavāḥ

Translation

Diese heilige Vidyā – durch deren bloße Erinnerung aller Kummer zerstört wird – werde ich nun verkünden. Hört zu, o Vornehmste unter den Brāhmaṇas.

Word by Word

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धे (relative pronoun)

• स्मरणमात्रेण: by mere remembrance
• स्मरणमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (स्मरणस्य मात्रम्)

• सर्वदुःखक्षयः: cessation of all sorrow
• सर्वदुःखक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां दुःखानां क्षयः)

• भवेत्: would occur / may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ताम्: that (her/that one)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• विद्याम्: knowledge, sacred lore
• विद्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: I shall proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; नामधातु from कीर्ति)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• शृणुध्वम्: listen (you all)
• शृणुध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• विप्रपुंगवाः: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रपुंगवाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विप्राणां पुंगवाः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprapuṅgavas (foremost brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses an assembly of eminent brāhmaṇas, announcing a sorrow-destroying Vidyā; the moment is solemn, anticipatory, and initiatory.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyā
• Vipra (Brāhmaṇas/Sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple remembrance (smaraṇa) of a truly sacred Vidyā is portrayed as spiritually potent—capable of dissolving suffering—so the text urges attentive listening and transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a lead-in to a Vidyā-māhātmya passage rather than a direct sthala-māhātmya statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practice implied is smaraṇa (remembrance) and śravaṇa (reverent listening) of the Vidyā; no dāna, snāna, or vrata is explicitly stated in this line.