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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

य एतद्भस्ममाहात्म्यं त्रिपुंड्रं शृणुयान्नरः । श्रावयेद्वा पठेद्वापि स हि याति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

ya etadbhasmamāhātmyaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ śṛṇuyānnaraḥ | śrāvayedvā paṭhedvāpi sa hi yāti parāṃ gatim

Translation

この聖灰とトリプンダラの功徳を聞く者は誰であれ、また他者に誦させる者や自ら読む者も、まことに至上の境地へと至る。

Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ विशेषण
भस्मsacred ash
भस्म:
Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootभस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (भस्म), समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)
माहात्म्यम्the greatness/glory
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—भस्मनः माहात्म्यम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
त्रिपुण्ड्रम्the triple mark (tripuṇḍra)
त्रिपुण्ड्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि + पुण्ड्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—त्रयः पुण्ड्राः यस्य/त्रि-पुण्ड्रम् (द्विगु)
शृणुयात्should hear
शृणुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नरःa man/person
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
श्रावयेत्should cause to hear/recite to others
श्रावयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formणिच्-प्रत्यय (Causative) + विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)
पठेत्should read/recite
पठेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपठ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Addition/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed)
यातिgoes/attains
याति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
पराम्supreme
पराम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘गतिम्’ विशेषण
गतिम्goal/state
गतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
Speaker

Sūta (narrator, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhasma–Tripuṇḍra Māhātmya (portable Śaiva tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee listens to a teacher reciting the bhasma–tripuṇḍra māhātmya; another reads from a palm-leaf manuscript; a third repeats it to an audience—each with tripuṇḍra and ash-bowl visible.

Characters & Entities
T
Tripuṇḍra
B
Bhasma

FAQs

Śravaṇa (hearing), pāṭha (recitation), and sharing sacred teaching about Śiva’s symbols can lead to the highest spiritual attainment.

No particular site is mentioned; the verse glorifies the practice and teaching of Bhasma and Tripuṇḍra.

Hearing, reciting, reading, and causing others to hear the Bhasma–Tripuṇḍra Māhātmya are presented as spiritually efficacious acts.

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