Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

शूलभेदं मया तात संक्षेपात्कथितं तव । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

śūlabhedaṃ mayā tāta saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ tava | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

తాతా, నేను నీకు శూలభేదాన్ని సంక్షేపంగా తెలిపితిని. ఎవడు భక్తితో దీనిని వింటాడో, అతడు సమస్త మహాపాతకముల నుండి విముక్తుడగును.

Word by Word

• शूलभेदम्: Śūlabheda
• शूलभेदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तात: O dear one/father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• संक्षेपात्: briefly
• संक्षेपात्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे (ablative: briefly/in summary)

• कथितम्: told
• कथितम्: Kriyā (with implied ‘अस्ति’: has been told)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथित (कृदन्त; √कथ् ‘to tell’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• तव: to you
• तव: Sampradāna/Sambandha (for you/to you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• शृणोति: hears
• शृणोति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject, apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; साधन/हेतु (instrumental: with devotion)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व + पातक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from all sins)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (teacher/narrator concluding to the listener addressed as ‘tāta’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: tāta (dear one) / implied royal listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator affectionately addresses the listener (‘tāta’) and seals the teaching; a devotee listens with folded hands, while dark stains symbolizing pātaka dissolve into clear light around the Śūlabheda emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlabheda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (bhakti-yukta śravaṇa) is upheld as a powerful purifier alongside pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing the Śūlabheda Mahatmya with devotion.