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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

शूलभेदं मया तात संक्षेपात्कथितं तव । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

śūlabhedaṃ mayā tāta saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ tava | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Cher enfant, je t’ai exposé brièvement Śūlabheda. Tout homme qui l’écoute avec dévotion est délivré de tous les grands péchés.

Word by Word
शूलभेदम्Śūlabheda
शूलभेदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशूलभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
मयाby me
मया:
Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
तातO dear one/father
तात:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootतात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन
संक्षेपात्briefly
संक्षेपात्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootसंक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे (ablative: briefly/in summary)
कथितम्told
कथितम्:
Kriyā (with implied ‘अस्ति’: has been told)
TypeAdjective
Rootकथित (कृदन्त; √कथ् ‘to tell’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)
तवto you
तव:
Sampradāna/Sambandha (for you/to you)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
शृणोतिhears
शृणोति:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलट् (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject, apposition to यः)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; साधन/हेतु (instrumental: with devotion)
मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)
सर्वपातकैःfrom all sins
सर्वपातकैः:
Apādāna (Source)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व + पातक
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from all sins)
Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (teacher/narrator concluding to the listener addressed as ‘tāta’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: tāta (dear one) / implied royal listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator affectionately addresses the listener (‘tāta’) and seals the teaching; a devotee listens with folded hands, while dark stains symbolizing pātaka dissolve into clear light around the Śūlabheda emblem.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śūlabheda

FAQs

Devotional listening (bhakti-yukta śravaṇa) is upheld as a powerful purifier alongside pilgrimage.

Śūlabheda tīrtha.

Hearing the Śūlabheda Mahatmya with devotion.

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