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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

शूलभेदं मया तात संक्षेपात्कथितं तव । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

śūlabhedaṃ mayā tāta saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ tava | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

愛し子よ、わたしはシュールベーダ（Śūlabheda）を簡潔に語った。信心をもって聴く者は、あらゆる重罪から解放される。

Word by Word
शूलभेदम्Śūlabheda
शूलभेदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशूलभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
मयाby me
मया:
Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
तातO dear one/father
तात:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootतात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन
संक्षेपात्briefly
संक्षेपात्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootसंक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे (ablative: briefly/in summary)
कथितम्told
कथितम्:
Kriyā (with implied ‘अस्ति’: has been told)
TypeAdjective
Rootकथित (कृदन्त; √कथ् ‘to tell’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)
तवto you
तव:
Sampradāna/Sambandha (for you/to you)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
शृणोतिhears
शृणोति:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलट् (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject, apposition to यः)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; साधन/हेतु (instrumental: with devotion)
मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)
सर्वपातकैःfrom all sins
सर्वपातकैः:
Apādāna (Source)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व + पातक
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from all sins)
Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (teacher/narrator concluding to the listener addressed as ‘tāta’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: tāta (dear one) / implied royal listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator affectionately addresses the listener (‘tāta’) and seals the teaching; a devotee listens with folded hands, while dark stains symbolizing pātaka dissolve into clear light around the Śūlabheda emblem.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śūlabheda

FAQs

Devotional listening (bhakti-yukta śravaṇa) is upheld as a powerful purifier alongside pilgrimage.

Śūlabheda tīrtha.

Hearing the Śūlabheda Mahatmya with devotion.

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