Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तदहं कीर्तयिष्यामि शृणुध्वं सुसमाहिताः । त्रैलोक्येऽपि सुविख्यातं सर्व पातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

tadahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ | trailokye'pi suvikhyātaṃ sarva pātakanāśanam

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ അതിനെ കീർത്തിക്കും; നിങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും സമാഹിതചിത്തത്തോടെ ശ്രവിക്കുവിൻ. അത് ത്രിലോകത്തിലും സുപ്രസിദ്ധവും സർവ്വപാതകനാശിനിയും ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (account)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: will narrate; will proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; णिजन्त from कीर्त्/कीर्ति)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शृणुध्वम्: listen (you all)
• शृणुध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सुसमाहिताः: well-attentive; well-composed
• सुसमाहिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-समाहित (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग + कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (श्रोतॄणाम्)

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (also/even)

• सुविख्यातम्: well-known; renowned
• सुविख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वि-ख्यात (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from ख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तत्/माहात्म्य)

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पातकनाशनम्)

• पातकनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पातकनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object complement)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmarājeśvara (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta raising his hand in proclamation; the sages sit in meditative attention; above, a cosmic tri-loka motif (heaven-earth-nether) subtly frames a glowing Śiva-liṅga symbolizing Dharmarājeśvara’s fame and purifying power.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Dharmarājeśvara-tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attentive listening to tīrtha-māhātmya is presented as spiritually transformative and sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmarājeśvara-tīrtha, described as trailokya-famous and sin-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) with mental concentration (samādhāna).