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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

धन्यं यशस्यं नियतं सुपुण्यं स्वर्मोक्षदं पापहरं नराणाम् । शृणोति नित्यं नियतः शुचिः पुमान्भित्त्वा रविं विष्णु पदं प्रयाति

Transliteration

dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ niyataṃ supuṇyaṃ svarmokṣadaṃ pāpaharaṃ narāṇām | śṛṇoti nityaṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ pumānbhittvā raviṃ viṣṇu padaṃ prayāti

Translation

それは福徳に満ち、名声を与え、確かで、きわめて大いなる功徳である——天界と解脱（モークシャ）を授け、人々の罪を除く。日々これを聴く、戒律を守り清浄なる人は、太陽を超えてヴィシュヌの至上の住処に至る。

Word by Word
dhanyamblessed, auspicious
dhanyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण
yaśasyamglorious, fame-bestowing
yaśasyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyaśasya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण
niyatamcertain, assured
niyatam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootniyata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण
supuṇyamvery meritorious
supuṇyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-कर्मधारयभावः (सु-पुण्यम्)
svarmokṣadamgiver of heaven and liberation
svarmokṣadam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvar + mokṣa + da (दा-धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; कृदन्त ‘-da’ (giver)
pāpaharamsin-removing
pāpaharam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāpa + hara (√hṛ, हृ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; कृदन्त ‘-hara’
narāṇāmof men
narāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन
śṛṇotihe hears
śṛṇoti:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
nityamalways, daily
nityam:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावे)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative used as indeclinable)
niyataḥdisciplined, regular
niyataḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootniyata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
śuciḥpure
śuciḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśuci (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण
pumāna man
pumān:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpuman (प्रातिपदिक; पुंस्-शब्द)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
bhittvāhaving pierced/cleft
bhittvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√bhid (भिद्)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
ravimthe Sun
ravim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootravi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
viṣṇuof Viṣṇu
viṣṇu:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (सम्बन्धे)
padamabode, state
padam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
prayātigoes, attains
prayāti:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (या) उपसर्गः प्र-
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: general disciplined hearer (niyataḥ śuciḥ pumān)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pure, disciplined devotee listens daily; a symbolic ascent is shown: crossing the solar orb and moving toward a radiant Vaikuṇṭha/Viṣṇu-pada, while sins fall away as dark fragments.

Characters & Entities
R
Ravi
V
Viṣṇu

FAQs

Regular devotional listening, combined with purity and discipline, is portrayed as a direct path to liberation.

The benefits are tied to the Koṭitīrtha māhātmya being recited in this chapter.

Nitya-śravaṇa—hearing the sacred māhātmya daily, while remaining śuci (pure) and niyata (disciplined).

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