Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

किंचिदेवाद्भुतं ब्रूत श्रवणाद्येन पुण्यता । एवमुक्ते भगवता तेषां यः प्रवरो मतः

Transliteration

kiṃcidevādbhutaṃ brūta śravaṇādyena puṇyatā | evamukte bhagavatā teṣāṃ yaḥ pravaro mataḥ

Translation

“काही तरी खरोखर अद्भुत सांगा, ज्याचे श्रवण केल्याने पुण्य लाभेल.” भगवंतांनी असे म्हटल्यावर त्यांच्यात जो श्रेष्ठ मानला जात होता तो पुढे आला.

Word by Word

• किंचित्: something
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful/marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रूत: tell/say
• ब्रूत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• श्रवणाद्येन: by hearing and the like
• श्रवणाद्येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: श्रवणम् आदिः यस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुण्यता: merit/holiness
• पुण्यता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• उक्ते: when (this was) said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (Singular)

• भगवता: by the Lord
• भगवता: Karana (Agent in locative absolute context/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• प्रवरः: the best/excellent
• प्रवरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

• मतः: was considered/was thought
• मतः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Brahmā (Pitāmaha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā requests a ‘truly wondrous’ account whose hearing grants merit; one emissary begins to rise as the ‘foremost’ to speak, the assembly leaning in.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) itself is a dharmic practice that generates puṇya when the subject is sacred and elevating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it sets up a sacred account whose hearing grants merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice: śravaṇa—listening to sacred narrative for merit.