Shloka 52

उपसंहारः, वैष्णवपुराण-प्रशंसा, फलश्रुति, परम्परा-प्रवहः (पाठ-श्रवण-फलम्)

Devanagari script

पितृयक्षमनुष्येभ्यः समस्तामरसंस्तुतिः कृता तेन भवेद् एतद् यः शृणोति दिने दिने

Transliteration

pitṛyakṣamanuṣyebhyaḥ samastāmarasaṃstutiḥ kṛtā tena bhaved etad yaḥ śṛṇoti dine dine

Translation

ສຳລັບປິຕຣິ ຍັກສະ ແລະມະນຸດ ນີ້ເປັນບົດສັນລະເສີນອັນຄົບຖ້ວນ ທີ່ເຫຼົ່າອະມະຕະກໍສັນລະເສີນ; ຜູ້ໃດຟັງທຸກມື້ ຍ່ອມໄດ້ຜົນເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• पितृयक्षमनुष्येभ्यः: to the Pitṛs, Yakṣas, and humans
• पितृयक्षमनुष्येभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (पितरः+यक्षाः+मनुष्याः)

• समस्ता: entire
• समस्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (संस्तुतिः इत्यस्य)

• अमरसंस्तुतिः: praise by the immortals (gods)
• अमरसंस्तुतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अमराणां संस्तुतिः)

• कृता: has been done / made
• कृता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/कर्मवाच्य-भाव (past passive participle)

• तेन: by him / by that
• तेन: Karta/Instrument (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भवेत्: would be / becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• शृणोति: hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Pitrs
• Yakshas
• Devas
• Humans

FAQs

What is the significance of daily hearing (śravaṇa) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents daily listening as itself a complete act of praise, yielding merit and auspiciousness that resonates across multiple orders of beings—humans, Pitṛs, Yakṣas, and even the Devas.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the power of praise in this context?

Parāśara frames the text’s recitation/hearing as a universal saṁstuti: not merely personal devotion, but a spiritually efficacious act recognized among the immortals and beneficial to the wider cosmic community.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Though Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇic premise is that hearing the Vishnu Purana is devotion directed toward Vishnu as the Supreme Reality; thus śravaṇa becomes a direct instrument of dharma and spiritual elevation.