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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यश्चैतत्छृणुयात्सम्यक्पठेद्वा तस्य चाग्रतः । श्रावयेद्वापि वा विप्राः सर्वपातकनानम् । केदारस्य स पापौघैर्मुच्यते तत्क्षणान्नरः

Transliteration

yaścaitatchṛṇuyātsamyakpaṭhedvā tasya cāgrataḥ | śrāvayedvāpi vā viprāḥ sarvapātakanānam | kedārasya sa pāpaughairmucyate tatkṣaṇānnaraḥ

Translation

Quiconque l’entend correctement, ou le lit à haute voix en présence d’autrui, ou même fait en sorte qu’on l’entende—ô brahmanes—ce récit détruit tous les péchés. Cet homme est délivré, à l’instant même, des amas de fautes concernant Kedāra.

Word by Word
यःwho (whoever)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction
एतत्this (account)
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
शृणुयात्should hear
शृणुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada
सम्यक्properly; correctly
सम्यक्:
Prakara (Manner adjunct/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (रीतिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb of manner
पठेत्should recite/read
पठेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पठ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विकल्पार्थक) — disjunctive particle
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction
अग्रतःin his presence; before him
अग्रतः:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्रतः (अव्यय/उपपद; अग्र-शब्दात्)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक; उपपद) — indeclinable “in front of” (often with genitive)
श्रावयेत्should make (others) hear; should recite to
श्रावयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु) णिच् (कारण)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Causative optative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada (“should cause to hear”)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विकल्पार्थक) — disjunctive particle
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Addition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ) — particle “also/even”
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विकल्पार्थक) — disjunctive particle
विप्राःO Brahmins
विप्राः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (vocative sense by address)
सर्वपातकनाशनम्(that which is) the destroyer of all sins
सर्वपातकनाशनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular (object/complement; text reads ‘नानम्’ as likely scribal for ‘नाशनम्’)
केदारस्यof Kedāra
केदारस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकेदार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
पापौघैःfrom masses of sins; by (the removal of) heaps of sins
पापौघैः:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Separation adjunct)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (पाप-ओघ); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural
मुच्यतेis freed; is released
मुच्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग — Present passive, 3rd person singular, ātmanepada
तत्क्षणात्immediately; from that very moment
तत्क्षणात्:
Apadana (Ablative point/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (तत्-क्षण); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative, Singular
नरःthe man
नरः:
Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (apposition to सः)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed as viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter reads the Kedāra narrative to a gathered audience; some listen with folded hands, others sponsor the event; a subtle aura of purification surrounds them, suggesting sins falling away ‘at that moment’.

Characters & Entities
K
Kedāra

FAQs

Sacred transmission—hearing, reciting, and enabling others to hear—multiplies merit and is declared powerfully purificatory.

Kedāra, through the fruit (phala) of its māhātmya narration.

Śravaṇa (hearing), pāṭha (recitation/reading), and śrāvaṇa-karaṇa (causing others to hear) of the Kedāra narrative.

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