Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणीकृता स्याद्वै धरणी शङ्करोऽब्रवीत् । इदं यः पठ्यमानं तु शृणुयात्पठतेऽपि वा

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇīkṛtā syādvai dharaṇī śaṅkaro'bravīt | idaṃ yaḥ paṭhyamānaṃ tu śṛṇuyātpaṭhate'pi vā

Translation

พระศังกรตรัสว่า “ด้วยสิ่งนี้ แผ่นดินย่อมได้ถูกประทักษิณาโดยแท้จริง” และผู้ใดฟังบทนี้เมื่อมีการสวดอ่าน—หรือสวดอ่านเองด้วย—ย่อมได้รับบุญกุศลนั้น

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणीकृता: made circumambulated / circumambulated
• प्रदक्षिणीकृता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रदक्षिणी + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• स्यात्: would be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Auxiliary/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• धरणी: the earth
• धरणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfective past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

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

• पठ्यमानम्: being read/recited
• पठ्यमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्यय (Present Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि

• तु: but/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/continuative particle)

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

• पठते: reads/recites
• पठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (inclusive particle)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

Speaker

Śiva (explicit: Śaṅkaraḥ abravīt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-māhātmya (textual tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience—pilgrims/reciters/listeners

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara proclaims the teaching; a circle of listeners sits by the riverbank, while a subtle cosmic image shows the earth being circumambulated through the power of recitation.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Dharaṇī (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and recitation of māhātmya literature carry real spiritual merit, comparable to major acts of worship like circumambulation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a phalaśruti for the Revā-khaṇḍa teaching, centered on the Revā tīrtha tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) and pāṭha (recitation) of the text itself as a meritorious practice.