Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

ये पठंति च शृण्वंति श्रावयंति च मानवाः । मदर्चनफलं तेषां भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

ye paṭhaṃti ca śṛṇvaṃti śrāvayaṃti ca mānavāḥ | madarcanaphalaṃ teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ಇದನ್ನು ಪಠಿಸುವವರು, ಕೇಳುವವರು, ಇತರರಿಗೆ ಕೇಳಿಸುವವರು—ಅವರಿಗೆ ಸಂಶಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ನನ್ನ ಅರ್ಚನೆಯ ಫಲ ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ।

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• पठन्ति: recite/read
• पठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• शृण्वन्ति: hear
• शृण्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रावयन्ति: cause to hear; recite to others
• श्रावयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) णिच् (causative)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• मानवाः: people, humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• मदर्चनफलम्: the fruit of worshipping me
• मदर्चनफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of 'bhaviṣyati')
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्-अर्चन-फल (प्रातिपदिक; मत् + अर्चन + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'मम अर्चनस्य फलम्'

• तेषाम्: of them; for them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/साधारण-भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not; no
• न: Negator
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (elliptic 'there is')
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (न संशयः = नास्ति संशयः)

Speaker

Rāmanātha (Śiva) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-stotra / Setu-māhātmya pāṭha (as textual tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Humans (mānavāḥ) and the broader audience of the text

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter chants the stotra while listeners sit in devotion; a third group carries the teaching outward—symbolizing ‘causing others to hear’.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural recitation, listening, and teaching are counted as direct worship when done with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram context—worship of Rāmanātha is the implied sacred focus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha (recitation), śravaṇa (listening), and śrāvaṇa (causing others to hear/teach) are prescribed as devotional acts.