Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यः शृणोतीममध्यायं पठते वा सभक्तिकम् । एतत्तीर्थद्वयस्नानफलमाप्नोत्यसंशयः

Transliteration

yaḥ śṛṇotīmamadhyāyaṃ paṭhate vā sabhaktikam | etattīrthadvayasnānaphalamāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ

Translation

Quiconque écoute ce chapitre, ou le récite avec dévotion, obtient sans aucun doute le mérite du bain dans cette paire de tīrthas sacrés.

Word by Word

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• शृणोति: hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• अध्यायम्: chapter
• अध्यायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पठते: recites/reads
• पठते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• स-भक्तिकम्: with devotion
• स-भक्तिकम्: Kriya (Manner adjunct/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थ) + bhaktika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); 'स' (सह) इत्यव्ययपूर्वपदसमास

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, विशेषणरूपे प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थ-द्वय-स्नान-फलम्: the fruit of bathing at the two tīrthas
• तीर्थ-द्वय-स्नान-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• असंशयः: without doubt
• असंशयः: Sambandha (Certainty marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: asaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपे (indeclinable usage: adverbial)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation from v.60)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍa-dvaya (Sarasvatī–Gāyatrī) on Gandhamādana

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis; by extension all devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional gathering: a reciter reads the chapter aloud; listeners sit with folded hands; above them, a visionary overlay shows the twin kuṇḍas, indicating that the merit of snāna is invoked through sound and devotion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening/recitation (śravaṇa-pāṭha) is upheld as spiritually equivalent to physically performing a tīrtha bath.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘tīrtha-dvaya’ (pair of sacred tīrthas/kuṇḍas) whose māhātmya is narrated throughout Adhyāya 40.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of the chapter with bhakti are prescribed as a means to gain tīrtha-snānaphala.