Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वापीमां स्तुतिं मर्त्यः श्रद्धया परया मुदा । पातकैर्मुच्यते सद्यो महत्पुण्यमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

śrutvāpīmāṃ stutiṃ martyaḥ śraddhayā parayā mudā | pātakairmucyate sadyo mahatpuṇyamavāpnuyāt

Translation

ഈ സ്തുതിയെ പരമ ശ്രദ്ധയോടും ആനന്ദത്തോടും കൂടി കേട്ടാൽ മാത്രം പോലും മനുഷ്യൻ ഉടൻ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായി മഹാപുണ്യം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि = even/also (particle)

• imām: this
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; इदम्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; stutim इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• stutim: hymn, praise
• stutim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• martyaḥ: a mortal
• martyaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/भाव (with faith)

• parayā: supreme, intense
• parayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; śraddhayā इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; manner

• pātakaiḥ: from sins
• pātakaiḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रायः), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (ablatival sense with passive: from sins)

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; puṇyam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (अव+आप् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gathered assembly on a Kāśī ghat listening to a reciter chanting the Dhruva-stuti; as the sound waves spread, dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissolves into light around listeners’ hearts.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruvastuti
• Śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) with faith is itself a purifying spiritual act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is framed within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where hearing sacred narratives/hymns is treated as a potent Kāśī-practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listen to the hymn with supreme faith and joy (śraddhā and mudā).