Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति जयंतेशप्रमादतः

Transliteration

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti jayaṃteśapramādataḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดสดับด้วยศรัทธาภักดี ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง; และด้วยพระกรุณานุภาพแห่งชัยันเตศะ ย่อมบรรลุความปรารถนาทั้งสิ้น

Word by Word

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

• शृणोति: he hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

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

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वाणि पापानि

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ-प्रयोगः (is released)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कमान् इति)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• जयंतेशप्रमादतः: due to negligence regarding Jayanteśa
• जयंतेशप्रमादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयंतेश + प्रमाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—जयंतेशस्य प्रमादः (negligence of Jayanteśa)

Speaker

Vyāsa (contextual narrator of the Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayaṃteśa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated before a Śiva-liṅga of Jayaṃteśa, listening to a paurāṇika reciter; subtle radiance from the liṅga signifying prasāda and the falling away of sins.

Characters & Entities

• Jayaṃteśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to a tīrtha-māhātmya purifies sin and fulfills righteous aspirations through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is being praised, with special emphasis on the deity Jayaṃteśa connected to that sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening with devotion—is presented as the key practice yielding purification and desired fruits.