Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

यः शृणोतीममध्यायं पठते वापि मानवः । प्राप्नोति कपितीर्थस्य स्नानजं फलमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

yaḥ śṛṇotīmamadhyāyaṃ paṭhate vāpi mānavaḥ | prāpnoti kapitīrthasya snānajaṃ phalamuttamam

Translation

Tout homme qui écoute ce chapitre, ou même le récite, obtient le fruit suprême qui naît du bain à Kapitīrtha.

Word by Word

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शृणोति: hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अध्यायम्: chapter/section
• अध्यायम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पठते: recites/reads
• पठते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• वा: or
• वा: Samuccaya/Vikalpa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• मानवः: a man/person
• मानवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कपितीर्थस्य: of Kapitīrtha
• कपितीर्थस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपितीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नान-जम्: arising from bathing
• स्नान-जम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—स्नानात् जातम् (born from bathing)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta in Setu Khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Human audience (mānava) and sages in the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation assembly: a paurāṇika (Sūta-like narrator) reads the Kapitīrtha chapter to attentive listeners; behind them, a symbolic vision of Kapitīrtha waters appears, indicating that hearing itself grants the bathing fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening and recitation transmit tīrtha-merit, extending pilgrimage blessings to those who honor the text.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, whose bathing-fruit is promised even through hearing/reading its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of the adhyāya as a dharmic practice; it is equated with Kapitīrtha-snānā fruit.