Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

य इदं शृयुयाद्भक्त्या पठेद्वा भक्तिसंयुतः । स गच्छेद्देवलोकं तु मुक्तः सर्वैस्तु पातकैः

Transliteration

ya idaṃ śṛyuyādbhaktyā paṭhedvā bhaktisaṃyutaḥ | sa gaccheddevalokaṃ tu muktaḥ sarvaistu pātakaiḥ

Translation

Sesiapa yang mendengar ini dengan bhakti, atau membacanya dengan bhakti, akan pergi ke alam para dewa, terbebas daripada segala dosa.

Word by Word

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

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• पठेत्: should recite/read
• पठेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (or)

• भक्तिसंयुतः: endowed with devotion
• भक्तिसंयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + सं + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (भक्त्या संयुतः = endowed with devotion)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• गच्छेत्: would go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवलोकम्: to the world of the gods
• देवलोकम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां लोकः)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (indeed/but)

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-निपात (emphatic particle)

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Brahmakuṇḍa/Hiraṇyeśvara mahatmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Same addressed audience; immediate addressee remains the lady, while the verse generalizes to all hearers/reciters

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly of devotees listens to a reciter chanting the mahatmya near the pond; luminous pathways rise upward symbolizing ascent to devaloka, while dark stains dissolve representing sins removed.

Characters & Entities

• Devaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening and recitation are themselves powerful sādhana, bringing purification and exalted spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching being heard/recited is the māhātmya of Brahmakuṇḍa and Hiraṇyeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) with bhakti as a merit-giving practice.