Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यो नरः शृणुयाद्भक्त्या दिनानि च कियंति वै । सर्वार्थसिद्धो भवति य इमां पठते कथाम्

Transliteration

yo naraḥ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā dināni ca kiyaṃti vai | sarvārthasiddho bhavati ya imāṃ paṭhate kathām

Translation

Кто слушает это с преданностью — сколько бы дней ни было, — и кто читает это сказание, тот достигает успеха во всех целях.

Word by Word

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

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• śṛṇuyāt: should listen
• śṛṇuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• dināni: days
• dināni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कालावधि-वाचक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• kiyanti: how many
• kiyanti: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kiyat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-विशेषण (how many)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/indeed)

• sarva-artha-siddhaḥ: accomplished in all aims
• sarva-artha-siddhaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + siddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sidh)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषाम् अर्थानां सिद्धः)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

• imām: this
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• paṭhate: recites, reads
• paṭhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• kathām: story, discourse
• kathām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gathered assembly listens to a Purāṇika reciting Skanda Purāṇa; devotees sit with folded hands, lamps and incense burning, palm-leaf manuscript on a low stand.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening and recitation of sacred tīrtha narratives are presented as direct means to holistic life-fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative being heard/recited is the māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation/reading) of the kathā with bhakti.