Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं मयादित्यस्य संभवम् । माहात्म्यं श्रवणाद्यस्य नरः पापाद्विमुच्यते

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ mayādityasya saṃbhavam | māhātmyaṃ śravaṇādyasya naraḥ pāpādvimucyate

Translation

So habe ich euch alles über die Entstehung Ādityas, der Sonne, vollständig dargelegt. Durch das Hören und dergleichen (Rezitation, Gedenken) dieser Herrlichkeit wird der Mensch von Sünde befreit.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (here: object of ‘told’)

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; enclitic pronoun (to you/for you)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• आख्यातम्: has been told
• आख्यातम्: क्रिया (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु) → आख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि भाव (told/declared)

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आदित्यस्य: of Āditya (the Sun)
• आदित्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• संभवम्: originating from / connected with
• संभवम्: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु) → सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘etad’)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (māhātmya)
• माहात्म्यम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• श्रवण-आद्यस्य: of (which) begins with hearing (i.e., hearing etc.)
• श्रवण-आद्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (śravaṇam ādiḥ yasya = whose beginning is hearing; i.e., hearing etc.)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: अपादान (Ablative/from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• विमुच्यते: is freed
• विमुच्यते: क्रिया (Result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator concluding a portion of the account; likely Sūta’s narration in this section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratnāditya-māhātmya (as a textual tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit (plural audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the account of Āditya’s origin before attentive listeners; manuscripts, rosaries, and a calm hermitage setting suggest transmission of sacred geography through speech.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to sacred māhātmyas is itself a purifying practice that dissolves sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ratnāditya-related sacred narrative within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing (and allied practices like recitation and remembrance) of the māhātmya.