Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 168
Devanagari script
श्रृणोतीदं श्रद्धया यस्तस्य तुष्येश्च भास्करः । धारयन्हृदये मोक्षंमुच्यते भवसागरात्
Transliteration
śrṛṇotīdaṃ śraddhayā yastasya tuṣyeśca bhāskaraḥ | dhārayanhṛdaye mokṣaṃmucyate bhavasāgarāt
Translation
これを信心をもって聴く者には、太陽神（バースカラ）が歓喜する。この解脱の教えを心に保てば、輪廻（サンサーラ）の大海より解き放たれる。
Word by Word
śṛṇotihe hears
śṛṇoti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (श्रु धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
idamthis
idam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म
śraddhayāwith faith
śraddhayā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध
tuṣyatiis pleased
tuṣyati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roottuṣ (तुष् धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
bhāskaraḥthe Sun (Bhāskara)
bhāskaraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता
dhārayanholding/bearing
dhārayan:
Kriya (Concomitant/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdhṛ (धृ धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे (concomitant action: ‘while holding’)
hṛdayein the heart
hṛdaye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण
mokṣamliberation
mokṣam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म
mucyateis released
mucyate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (मुच् धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
bhava-sāgarātfrom the ocean of worldly existence
bhava-sāgarāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootbhava (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhavasya sāgaraḥ)
Speaker
Deductive (contextual): Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (narrator in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Characters & Entities
B
Bhāskara (Sun)FAQs
Faithful listening and inner retention of dharma-teachings leads toward liberation from saṃsāra.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general phalaśruti to the preceding narrative.
Śravaṇa (listening with faith) and dhāraṇā (keeping the teaching in the heart/mind).