Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

यश्चैतच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्या चतुर्दश्यां समाहितः । तथाष्टम्यां विशेषेण स प्राप्नोति परं पदम्

Transliteration

yaścaitacchṛṇuyādbhaktyā caturdaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ | tathāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa sa prāpnoti paraṃ padam

Translation

ຜູ້ໃດຟັງມາຫາດມະນີ້ດ້ວຍສັດທາ ແລະຈິດໃຈຕັ້ງໝັ້ນ ໃນວັນຈັນທຣາທີ 14 ແລະໂດຍພິເສດໃນວັນທີ 8 ຈະໄດ້ບັນລຸສະຖານະສູງສຸດ।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (who)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• समाहितः: attentive
• समाहितः: Karta (Agent-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (collected, attentive)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (likewise)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth lunar day
• अष्टम्याम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (especially)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘पदम्’ विशेषण

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta’s concluding phalaśruti style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukā-udbhava māhātmya (Ambādevī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of Caturdaśī/Aṣṭamī: devotees gathered with lamps, listening to the māhātmya recitation near the pādukā shrine; the atmosphere is charged with sacred time, culminating in a vision-like suggestion of ‘parama pada’.

Characters & Entities

• Caturdaśī
• Aṣṭamī
• Param Padam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to a tīrtha’s māhātmya, timed with sacred lunar days, is itself a powerful spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śrīmātuḥ Pādukā tradition within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Nāgara Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hear/recite this māhātmya with devotion on Caturdaśī, and especially on Aṣṭamī, for attainment of the supreme state.