Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

यः पठेदिममध्यायं शृणुयाद्वा समाहितः । स विधूयेह पापानि शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

yaḥ paṭhedimamadhyāyaṃ śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ | sa vidhūyeha pāpāni śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

Quiconque récite ce chapitre, ou même l’écoute l’esprit recueilli, secoue ici même ses péchés et est honoré dans le monde de Śiva.

Word by Word

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

• पठेत्: should read
• पठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

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

• शृणुयात्: should listen
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वा: or
• वा: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• समाहितः: collected (in mind), attentive
• समाहितः: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• विधूय: having shaken off
• विधूय: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-√dhū (धातु) + ल्यप् (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location nuance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म

• शिवलोके: in Śiva’s world
• शिवलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva-loka (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• महीयते: is honored / is glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is honored/glorified)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-māhātmya (adhyāya-phala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa-ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee or assembly listens with concentration as a reciter chants the chapter; subtle vision of Śiva-loka—radiant Kailāsa-like realm—suggested as the fruit; sins depicted as dark veils dispersing.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Śiva
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devout listening and recitation of tīrtha-māhātmya purifies sin and directs the devotee toward Śiva-centered liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu Māhātmya as a whole; the chapter’s subject is Setu and its sacred installations and rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha (recitation) and śravaṇa (hearing) of the adhyāya with concentration (samāhita).