Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

भक्त्या पठति यश्चैतच्छ्रद्धया परया युतः । सोऽपि पापविनिर्मुक्तः शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

bhaktyā paṭhati yaścaitacchraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | so'pi pāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

Quiconque récite ceci avec dévotion, animé d’une foi suprême, est lui aussi délivré des péchés et honoré dans le monde de Śiva.

Word by Word

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental ‘with devotion’

• paṭhati: recites; reads
• paṭhati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘reads/recites’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — relative pronoun ‘who’ (subject of paṭhati)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — ‘and’

• etat: this (text)
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — object of ‘paṭhati’

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental ‘with faith’

• parayā: supreme
• parayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — विशेषण of ‘śraddhayā’: ‘with supreme faith’

• yutaḥ: endowed (with)
• yutaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (धातु) → yuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘endowed/possessed (with)’; complements yaḥ

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — demonstrative ‘he’ (correlative to yaḥ)

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — ‘also/even’

• pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from sins
• pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vi+nir+√muc (धातु) → vinirmukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष; ‘freed from sin(s)’; predicate adjective of saḥ

• śiva-loke: in Śiva’s realm
• śiva-loke: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative ‘in Śiva’s world’

• mahīyate: is honored; is glorified
• mahīyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘is honored/glorified’

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalaśeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience/reciters (yaḥ paṭhati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sits with a manuscript, reciting the Kalaśeśvara-māhātmya; subtle vision of Śivaloka—radiant Kailāsa-like realm—appears as a blessing, indicating honor in Śiva’s world.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kalaśeśvara Māhātmya (textual account, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation of tīrtha-māhātmya, when joined with deep faith, is itself a purifying practice leading toward Śaiva exaltation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kalaśeśvara, whose māhātmya is being recited.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha/paṭhana (devotional reading or recitation) of the Kalaśeśvara Māhātmya with śraddhā and bhakti.