Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

यश्चैतच्छुणुयान्नित्यं पठेद्वा श्रद्धयान्वितः । संप्राप्य सर्वकामान्वै ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

Transliteration

yaścaitacchuṇuyānnityaṃ paṭhedvā śraddhayānvitaḥ | saṃprāpya sarvakāmānvai brahmaloke mahīyate

Translation

ఇదిని నిత్యం వినువాడు గాని, శ్రద్ధతో పఠించువాడు గాని, సర్వకామములను పొందించి బ్రహ్మలోకమున గౌరవింపబడును।

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एतत्: this (teaching/recitation)
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• पठेत्: should recite/read
• पठेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• सम्प्राप्य: having attained
• सम्प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सर्वकामान्: all desired objects/boons
• सर्वकामान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारय (all + desires)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahma-loka
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is honored/is glorified)

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/saints (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter (Sūta/paurāṇika) seated on a vyāsapīṭha, sages listening with folded hands; above, a luminous Brahmaloka with Brahmā’s golden radiance symbolizing the promised fruit of śravaṇa-pāṭha.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Puṣkara (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā-filled listening and recitation of tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic practice that yields both fulfillment and exalted posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is the phalaśruti concluding the Puṣkara-focused praise in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-śravaṇa (regular hearing) or śraddhā-yukta pāṭha (faithful recitation) of the passage.