Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

यश्चैतच्छृणुयान्नित्यं पठेद्वापि समाहितः । चातुर्मासी कृतात्पापात्सोऽपि मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ paṭhedvāpi samāhitaḥ | cāturmāsī kṛtātpāpātso'pi muktimavāpnuyāt

Translation

Quiconque l’entend chaque jour, ou le récite l’esprit recueilli, est délivré même des péchés commis durant la saison du Cāturmāsya, et obtient la libération (mokṣa).

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• पठेत्: should recite/read
• पठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थे (particle)

• समाहितः: collected, attentive
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• चातुर्मासी: a cāturmāsya observer
• चातुर्मासी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चातुर्मासिन्/चातुर्मासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (one observing cāturmāsya)

• कृतात्: committed/done
• कृतात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन (agreeing with पापात्)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

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

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थे (particle)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: should attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice (phalaśruti / concluding merit-statement of the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ/ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee or sage recites the Cāturmāsya-mahātmya with concentrated mind; subtle imagery of sins dissolving (darkness lifting) and a serene path toward liberation.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular listening or recitation with focused attention becomes a purifying discipline that destroys sin and supports liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within Nāgara Khaṇḍa, though this verse itself emphasizes the merit of the teaching rather than a specific bathing-spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of the vrata-instructions, performed nitya (regularly) with samādhāna (mental composure).