Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

इदं यशस्यमायुष्यमिदं पावनमुत्तमम् । पठतां शृण्वतां नृणामायुःकीर्तिविवर्धनम्

Transliteration

idaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyamidaṃ pāvanamuttamam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ nṛṇāmāyuḥkīrtivivardhanam

Translation

Kisah ini mengurniakan kemasyhuran dan umur panjang; ia amat menyucikan. Bagi mereka yang membacanya atau mendengarnya, usia dan nama baik akan bertambah.

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here nominative as predicate ‘this (is)’

• yaśasyam: fame-giving
• yaśasyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• āyuṣyam: life-prolonging
• āyuṣyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pāvanam: purifying
• pāvanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• uttamam: supreme
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• paṭhatām: of those who recite
• paṭhatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle) ‘paṭhat’; षष्ठी बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• śṛṇvatām: of those who listen
• śṛṇvatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle) ‘śṛṇvat’; षष्ठी बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• āyuḥ-kīrti-vivardhanam: increasing life and fame
• āyuḥ-kīrti-vivardhanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyus (प्रातिपदिक) + kīrti (प्रातिपदिक) + vivardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (āyuḥ ca kīrti ca) + तत्पुरुष (tayor vivardhanam)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, as the narration continues into 59.1 with ‘śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda-māhātmya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: नृप (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript or palm-leaf text radiates light; a circle of listeners; above them symbols of longevity (āyus) and fame (victory banner, laurel-like garland) appear; impurities wash away like dust in rain.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing (śravaṇa) and recitation (pāṭha) of tīrtha-māhātmya are themselves purifying disciplines that yield both inner purity and auspicious worldly outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It functions as a phalaśruti for the preceding Śūlabheda-tīrtha narrative within the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the account or listen to it attentively; the act of pāṭha/śravaṇa is the stated practice.