Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

य इदं श्रावयेद्विद्वान्महामाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

ya idaṃ śrāvayedvidvānmahāmāhātmyamuttamam | sarvapāpavinirmukto rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

యే విద్వాంసుడు ఈ ఉత్తమ మహామాహాత్మ్యమును శ్రావయించునో, అతడు సర్వపాపవినిర్ముక్తుడై రుద్రలోకమునకు గమనించును.

Word by Word

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

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• śrāvayet: should cause (others) to hear / recite
• śrāvayet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) [णिच् causative: श्रावयति]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद, णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'should cause to hear/recite to others')

• vidvān: a learned man
• vidvān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidvas (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √vid)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahā-māhātmyam: the great glory (account)
• mahā-māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (mahat māhātmyam)

• uttamam: supreme/excellent
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त, vi-nis-√muc)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (sarva-pāpebhyaḥ vinirmuktaḥ = freed from all sins)

• rudra-lokam: Rudra's world
• rudra-lokam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (rudrasya lokaḥ)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages/brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīsāgarasambhava-māhātmya (as recited)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ) and, by extension, future reciters/sponsors

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned reciter in a mandapa conducting a public hearing; listeners gathered; above, a vision of Rudra-loka—radiant Śiva/Rudra realm with trident symbolism—signifying the reciter’s ultimate destination.

Characters & Entities

• Rudraloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sharing sacred narratives (teaching/recitation) is elevated as a powerful dharmic act leading to purification and Śaiva attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The māhātmya of Guptakṣetra and its associated tīrthas (including Koṭitīrtha) in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāvayati: arranging/reciting so that others hear the māhātmya (public reading/teaching).