Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

आख्यानमेतच्च सदा यशस्यं स्वर्ग्यं धन्यं पुत्र्यमायुष्यकारि । शृण्वंल्लभेत्सर्वमेतद्धि भक्त्या पर्वणि पर्वण्याजमीढस्सदैव

Transliteration

ākhyānametacca sadā yaśasyaṃ svargyaṃ dhanyaṃ putryamāyuṣyakāri | śṛṇvaṃllabhetsarvametaddhi bhaktyā parvaṇi parvaṇyājamīḍhassadaiva

Translation

हे आख्यान सदैव यश देणारे, स्वर्गप्रद, मंगलकारक, पुत्रदायक व आयुष्यवर्धक आहे. जो भक्तीने ते ऐकतो—विशेषतः पर्वकाळी व पवित्र प्रसंगी—तो ही सर्व फळे निश्चयाने प्राप्त करतो, हे अजमीढवंशजा।

Word by Word

• ākhyānam: narrative, account
• ākhyānam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• yaśasyam: fame-giving, glorious
• yaśasyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• svargyam: heavenly, leading to heaven
• svargyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svargya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• dhanyam: auspicious, blessed
• dhanyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• putryam: granting sons/offspring
• putryam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• āyuṣya-kāri: life-prolonging
• āyuṣya-kāri: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyuṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• śṛṇvan: listening
• śṛṇvan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये-अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• parvaṇi: on a sacred day/occasion (parvan)
• parvaṇi: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• parvaṇi: on each parvan
• parvaṇi: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• ājamīḍhaḥ: Ājamīḍha (name/epithet)
• ājamīḍhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājamīḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Rudra/Śiva (phalaśruti style within the adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgu-tīrtha māhātmya (within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ājamīḍha-vaṃśaja (descendant of Ajamīḍha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation assembly at a riverbank/temple courtyard: a sage reads from palm-leaf manuscript; king and devotees listen in devotion; banners indicate a festival day.

Characters & Entities

• Ajamīḍha (dynastic epithet)
• listener king (Pāṇḍava context continues below)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic practice that confers auspicious worldly and otherworldly benefits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgutīrtha/Bhṛgukaccha in the Revā (Narmadā) region, as the narrative being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) with bhakti, particularly on parvan (holy/festival) days.