Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थफलं येषु नारदाद्य वदंति च । तेषां चरितमाहात्म्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम्

Transliteration

sarvatīrthaphalaṃ yeṣu nāradādya vadaṃti ca | teṣāṃ caritamāhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmahe vayam

Translation

それらのティールタは、ナーラダら諸仙が「すべての巡礼地の果報を与える」と説くという。我らはその聖なる由来と偉大なる功徳を聞きたい。

Word by Word

• sarva-tīrtha-phalam: the fruit of all pilgrimages
• sarva-tīrtha-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ phalam)

• yeṣu: in which (places)
• yeṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• nārada-ādyāḥ: Nārada and others
• nārada-ādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (nāradaḥ ādiḥ yeṣām)

• vadanti: say
• vadanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (वद् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• teṣām: of those
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• carita-māhātmyam: the glory of (their) deeds
• carita-māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: carita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (caritasya māhātmyam)

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (infinitive)

• icchāmahe: we wish
• icchāmahe: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (इष् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sages (Munis)

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Tīrtha
• Sages (Munis)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) of tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that leads toward the merit associated with pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A set of five tīrthas (introduced in the previous verse) acclaimed as granting the fruit of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The explicit act is śrotum—listening to the māhātmya; pilgrimage merit is referenced as the promised fruit.