Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

शिवतीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं मया प्रोक्तं विमुक्तिदम् । इदं पठन्सदा मर्त्यो दुःखग्रामाद्विमुच्यते

Transliteration

śivatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ mayā proktaṃ vimuktidam | idaṃ paṭhansadā martyo duḥkhagrāmādvimucyate

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวถึงมหิมาแห่งศิวตีรถะแล้ว ซึ่งเป็นผู้ประทานความหลุดพ้น ผู้เป็นมนุษย์ใดสวดอ่านสิ่งนี้เป็นนิตย์ ย่อมพ้นจาก ‘หมู่บ้านแห่งความทุกข์’

Word by Word

• शिवतीर्थस्य: of the Śiva-tīrtha
• शिवतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्म/विषय (object/theme)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by me)

• प्रोक्तम्: declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणम् (said/declared)

• विमुक्तिदम्: granting liberation
• विमुक्तिदम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्ति + द (√दा, धातु) → द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (giving liberation)

• इदम्: this (text)
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म (object of reading)

• पठन्: reading
• पठन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पठ् (धातु) → पठत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (one who reads)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मर्त्यः: a mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्ता

• दुःखग्रामात्: from the multitude of sorrows
• दुःखग्रामात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादान (from)

• विमुच्यते: is freed
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे (is released)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivatīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/śaunaka-ādi audience (standard Sūta frame; not named in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or sūta recites the māhātmya to attentive listeners near a tīrtha pavilion; palm-leaf manuscript, rosary, and a distant glimpse of the shore shrine; the ‘village of sorrows’ dissolves as a dark haze lifting.

Characters & Entities

• Śivatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular recitation of sacred place-glories (māhātmya) is itself a dharmic practice that uproots suffering and leads toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śivatīrtha in the Setukhaṇḍa (Setu region) is explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous recitation (sadā pāṭha/parāyaṇa) of the Śivatīrtha-māhātmya is recommended.