Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यश्चेदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या पठ्यमानं नरो वशी । स मुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यः सर्वकल्याणभाग्भवेत्

Transliteration

yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā paṭhyamānaṃ naro vaśī | sa muktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ sarvakalyāṇabhāgbhavet

Translation

Et l’homme maître de lui qui écoute ceci, récité avec dévotion, est délivré de tous les péchés et devient participant de toute bénédiction propice.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śṛṇuyāt: should hear
• śṛṇuyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; instrumental

• paṭhyamānam: being read/recited
• paṭhyamānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शानच् (passive present participle) ‘paṭhyamāna’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies idam

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vaśī: self-controlled
• vaśī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (self-controlled)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) past participle; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate

• sarva-pāpebhyaḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpebhyaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), बहुवचन; ablative; समासः—कर्मधारय (all + sins)

• sarva-kalyāṇa-bhāk: partaker of all welfare
• sarva-kalyāṇa-bhāk: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kalyāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘bhāk’ = possessor; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kalyāṇasya bhāk) with sarva as qualifier

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (phalaśruti conclusion)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda (māhātmya being heard)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: नृप (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed, self-controlled devotee sits near a reciter; sound-waves of mantra-like verses emanate; dark ‘sins’ dissolve into light; auspicious symbols (kalasha, bilva, conch) appear.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional hearing, joined with self-restraint, is upheld as a complete purifier and a source of comprehensive auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śūlabheda tīrtha narrative is the underlying māhātmya, though this verse universalizes the benefit through śravaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa: listen with devotion to the recitation of the māhātmya, ideally with disciplined conduct (vaśitā).