Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

एतन्महाख्यानमघौघनाशनं गौरीमहेशव्रतपुण्यकीर्तनम् । भक्त्या सकृद्यः शृणुयाच्च कीर्त्तयेद्भुक्त्वा स भोगान्पदमेति शाश्वतम्

Transliteration

etanmahākhyānamaghaughanāśanaṃ gaurīmaheśavratapuṇyakīrtanam | bhaktyā sakṛdyaḥ śṛṇuyācca kīrttayedbhuktvā sa bhogānpadameti śāśvatam

Translation

Mahākhyāna yang suci ini memusnahkan arus dosa dan melagukan kemuliaan pahala vrata (nazar suci) Gaurī dan Maheśa. Sesiapa yang dengan bhakti mendengarnya walau sekali dan turut melafazkan pujiannya, setelah menikmati nikmat yang wajar, akan mencapai kedudukan yang kekal.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• mahākhyānam: great narrative
• mahākhyānam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (उपसर्ग/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• agha-ogha-nāśanam: destroyer of floods of sin
• agha-ogha-nāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अघौघस्य नाशनम्) used adjectivally

• gaurī-maheśa-vrata-puṇya-kīrtanam: the meritorious praise of Gaurī and Maheśa’s vow
• gaurī-maheśa-vrata-puṇya-kīrtanam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक) + maheśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + kīrtana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (गौरीमहेशयोः व्रतस्य पुण्यं कīर्तनम्)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental (means)

• sakṛt: even once
• sakṛt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• śṛṇuyāt: should hear
• śṛṇuyāt: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• kīrtayet: should recite/praise
• kīrtayet: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• bhuktvā: having enjoyed
• bhuktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• bhogān: enjoyments
• bhogān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• padam: state/abode
• padam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• eti: attains/goes to
• eti: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• śāśvatam: eternal
• śāśvatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāśvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; used adjectivally with padam

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from surrounding Purāṇic narration style; explicit speaker appears at the start of the next adhyāya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/śaunaka-ādi audience (frame-tradition)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation assembly: Sūta or a narrator chanting the Gaurī–Maheśa-vrata kathā to attentive devotees; Śiva and Pārvatī bestowing grace; a symbolic stream of sins dissolving into light; devotees receiving both prosperity and liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Maheśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional hearing and recitation of a vrata-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that purifies sin and leads toward an eternal spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a general phalaśruti praising the Gaurī–Maheśvara Vrata narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and kīrtana (devotional recitation) of the māhātmya, even once, are prescribed as merit-producing acts.