Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अधुना शृणु राजेन्द्र युगाद्याः पितृवल्लभाः । यासां संकीर्तनेनापि क्षीयते पापसंचयः

Transliteration

adhunā śṛṇu rājendra yugādyāḥ pitṛvallabhāḥ | yāsāṃ saṃkīrtanenāpi kṣīyate pāpasaṃcayaḥ

Translation

Écoute maintenant, ô meilleur des rois, les yugādi, les « commencements des âges » chers aux Pitṛ ; par la seule récitation de leurs noms, l’amas des péchés s’amenuise.

Word by Word

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (now)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राजेन्द्र: O lord of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक); घटकौ—राजन् + इन्द्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• युगाद्याः: the (tithis) beginning with Yuga (yugādyāḥ)
• युगाद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग-आद्य (प्रातिपदिक); घटकौ—युग + आद्य
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पितृ-वल्लभाः: dear to the ancestors
• पितृ-वल्लभाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ + वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• यासाम्: of which (f. pl.)
• यासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• संकीर्तनेन: by (their) chanting/recitation
• संकीर्तनेन: Karana (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक); धातु: कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक (even)

• क्षीयते: is diminished, perishes
• क्षीयते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), तृतीयपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is diminished)

• पाप-संचयः: accumulation of sins
• पाप-संचयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + संचय (प्रातिपदिक); घटकौ—पाप + संचय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yugādi (Pitṛ-vallabha kāla-viśeṣa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (a king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-sage addressing a king, pointing to a calendrical chart/pañcāṅga; behind them symbolic wheels of yugas; faint Pitṛs appear pleased as the yugādi names are spoken.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Yugādi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred remembrance itself is purifying; naming dharmically charged times (yugādis) reduces sin and supports ancestral harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The emphasis is on yugādi sacred time within a tīrtha-māhātmya framework; no specific place-name appears in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃkīrtana (recitation/mention) of yugādi days, implying their observance for Pitṛ-related rites.