Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

पुराणश्रवणादेव अनेकभवसंचितम् । पापं प्रशममायाति सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

purāṇaśravaṇādeva anekabhavasaṃcitam | pāpaṃ praśamamāyāti sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Par le seul fait d’entendre le Purāṇa, le péché amassé au fil de nombreuses vies s’apaise, et l’on obtient les fruits de tous les tīrthas.

Word by Word

• पुराण-श्रवणात्: from the hearing of the Purāṇa
• पुराण-श्रवणात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘पुराणस्य श्रवणम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन (ablative: from/by means of)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): only/indeed (emphasis)

• अनेक-भव-संचितम्: accumulated over many births
• अनेक-भव-संचितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक) + भव (प्रातिपदिक) + संचित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘अनेकेषु भवेषु संचितम्’); संचित = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (agreeing with पापम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रशमम्: cessation, pacification
• प्रशमम्: Gati/Phala (Result state/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praśama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘शमन/उपशम’ अर्थे

• आयाति: comes/attains
• आयाति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्व-तीर्थ-फलम्: the fruit of all pilgrimages
• सर्व-तीर्थ-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सर्वेषां तीर्थानां फलम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Unknown (Māhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in tīrthamāhātmya style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual) / Purāṇa-śravaṇa as sarva-tīrtha-sādhana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis/devotees (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seated reciter (paurāṇika) chants from a palm-leaf manuscript before devotees; a subtle aura shows sins dissolving like dark smoke, while miniature icons of many tīrthas appear as a garland around the listeners.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas (all sacred sites)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural hearing is presented as a concentrated pilgrimage: it purifies deep karmic residue and grants comprehensive tīrtha-merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rather than a single site, the verse universalizes merit—claiming the fruit of all tīrthas through Purāṇa hearing, within the Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) of the Purāṇa as a dharmic practice yielding tīrtha-fruit and purification.