Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्पुण्यं सर्वदानैश्च यत्फलम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति शृण्वञ्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvadānaiśca yatphalam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti śṛṇvañchraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

Das Verdienst aller Pilgerfahrten und die Frucht aller Gaben—wer mit Glauben hört, erlangt eben diese Frucht.

Word by Word

• सर्व-तीर्थेषु: in all sacred places
• सर्व-तीर्थेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेषणपूर्वपद), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम, विशेषण

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• सर्व-दानैः: by all gifts/charities
• सर्व-दानैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

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

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम, विशेषण

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम, विशेषण

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• समवाप्नोति: attains fully
• समवाप्नोति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अव+√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शृण्वन्: listening
• शृण्वन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि

• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (सम्+अनु+√इ/√वृ?; here adjectival participle ‘endowed’, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/सह), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Textual) Nāgara-khaṇḍa śravaṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Symbolic tableau: a listener seated before a reciter; around them appear faint circular vignettes of many tīrthas (rivers, ghats, temples) and acts of dāna (cow, gold, food), all converging as light into the listener’s heart.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening (śravaṇa) to sacred narration can concentrate the merit of many external dharmic acts into a single practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement seals the greatness of the narrated kṣetra—Citreśvarīpīṭha within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra—by declaring its narration equivalent to all tīrthas and dānas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listen (śṛṇvan) with śraddhā; the emphasis is on inner disposition rather than a specific donation item.