Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या नारी वा त्विदमद्भुतम् । कुले तस्य भवेच्छ्रेयः कल्पांतेऽपि युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā nārī vā tvidamadbhutam | kule tasya bhavecchreyaḥ kalpāṃte'pi yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

Homme ou femme, quiconque écoute avec dévotion ce récit merveilleux fera naître dans sa lignée la bonne fortune et le bien spirituel jusqu’à la fin du kalpa, ô Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• शृणोति: hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/भाववाचक

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Alternative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थक

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful; marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘इदम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/her
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• भवेत्: may arise; may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• श्रेयः: welfare; auspicious good
• श्रेयः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कल्पान्ते: at the end of the aeon
• कल्पान्ते: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्पान्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कल्पस्य अन्तः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (even; also)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced; addressing Yudhiṣṭhira explicitly)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devakhāta (māhātmya being heard)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mixed assembly of men and women seated in devotion, listening to a sacred narration; Yudhiṣṭhira is addressed, suggesting a royal listener. Above them, a symbolic kalpa-tree or cosmic horizon indicates ‘until kalpa-end’ welfare.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening to sacred narratives (māhātmya) is itself a potent dharmic act that uplifts both the listener and the lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context remains the Devakhāta tīrtha being praised in Adhyāya 15.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the wondrous māhātmya with devotion (bhaktyā).