Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शृण्वतः पठतश्चैव सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम्

Transliteration

śṛṇvataḥ paṭhataścaiva sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām

Translation

Den Hörenden wie den Rezitierenden gewährt es den Menschen die Erfüllung aller ersehnten Ziele.

Word by Word

• शृण्वतः: of (one) hearing
• शृण्वतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle) ‘शृण्वत्’; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive, Singular (of the one who hears)

• पठतः: of (one) reciting
• पठतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त ‘पठत्’; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive, Singular (of the one who recites/reads)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• सर्वकामप्रदम्: granting all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां कामानां प्रदम्)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from phalaśruti sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding blessing scene: reciter closes the manuscript; listeners bow; the sacred aura of Dvārakā suggests fulfillment of all rightful desires.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular hearing and recitation of sacred narrative is upheld as an efficacious dharmic discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the contextual locus, since the verse occurs in Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) and pāṭha (recitation) are explicitly mentioned.