Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

यश्चेदं तव संवादं मया सार्धं पुरंदर । कीर्तयिष्यति सद्भक्त्या तथैवाकर्णयिष्यति

Transliteration

yaścedaṃ tava saṃvādaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ puraṃdara | kīrtayiṣyati sadbhaktyā tathaivākarṇayiṣyati

Translation

Ô Purandara (Indra), quiconque, avec une dévotion véritable, récitera ce dialogue de toi avec moi, et de même l’écoutera, (obtiendra le mérite annoncé).

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• saṃvādam: conversation; dialogue
• saṃvādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahārtha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक (adverb/preposition: ‘with’)

• puraṃdara: O Purandara (Indra)
• puraṃdara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puraṃdara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य नाम

• kīrtayiṣyati: will proclaim; will recite
• kīrtayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrtaya (धातु: √kīrt/कीर्त्, णिच् causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त-प्रयोग (will cause to be praised/recite)

• sadbhaktyā: with sincere devotion
• sadbhaktyā: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साध्वी/सत्-भक्तिः (with true devotion)

• tathā: thus; likewise
• tathā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/so’)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• ākarṇayiṣyati: will listen; will hear attentively
• ākarṇayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ākarṇaya (धातु: √karṇ/कर्ण्, णिच् causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग-आ + णिजन्त (will cause to be heard / will listen)

Speaker

Gautama (deduced from immediate narrative context in Adhyāya 207–208)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame audience; within verse, the speaker addresses Indra (Purandara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses Indra (Purandara), declaring the benefit for anyone who recites and listens devoutly; an assembly of devas and ṛṣis forms a respectful audience.

Characters & Entities

• Purandara (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation (kīrtana) and attentive listening (śravaṇa) to sacred dialogue are themselves meritorious acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practice prescribed is śravaṇa (listening) and kīrtana (recitation) of the sacred dialogue with devotion.