Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

एतत्पुण्यं पापहरं धर्म्यं चाह्लादकारकम् । पठतां चापि सर्वाभीष्टफल प्रदम्

Transliteration

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dharmyaṃ cāhlādakārakam | paṭhatāṃ cāpi sarvābhīṣṭaphala pradam

Translation

Ceci est un mérite sacré, qui efface le péché, s’accorde au dharma et procure la joie. À ceux qui le récitent, il accorde l’accomplissement de tous les fruits désirés.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally (विशेषण)

• puṇyam: merit; holy (act/text)
• puṇyam: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• pāpa-haram: sin-destroying
• pāpa-haram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य हरः) used as adjective

• dharmyam: righteous; in accordance with dharma
• dharmyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; adjective

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• āhlāda-kārakam: causing delight
• āhlāda-kārakam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āhlāda (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आह्लादस्य कारकम्)

• paṭhatām: of those who recite
• paṭhatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमा-बहुवचन? (not applicable); actually शतृ/लट्-लकार? Here: present active participial genitive plural sense; standard reading: पठताम् = षष्ठी-बहुवचन of present participle 'paṭhat' (पठत्) used as noun: 'of those who recite'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: also/even)

• sarva-abhīṣṭa-phala-pradam: granting all desired results
• sarva-abhīṣṭa-phala-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + abhīṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √iṣ 'इष्' with abhi-, past passive participle) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: (सर्वाणि अभिष्टानि फलानि) तेषां प्रदम् = giver of all desired fruits

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assemblage of sages/deities/seekers in the frame narrative (not explicit in this verse).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding benediction scene: a sage or narrator holds a palm-leaf manuscript; listeners sit reverently; a subtle aura of purification surrounds them, suggesting sins dissolving and desired boons ripening.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Engaging with sacred māhātmya through recitation is a complete dharmic practice—purifying, uplifting, and fruit-bearing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The concluding praise applies to the Kumāreśa/Rāmeśvara liṅga narrative and its tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular pāṭha (recitation/reading) of the māhātmya.