Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तद्वक्ष्याम्यानुपूर्व्येण शृणुतादरपूर्वकम् । एतच्छ्रवणमात्रेण मुक्तः स्या न्मानवो द्विजाः

Transliteration

tadvakṣyāmyānupūrvyeṇa śṛṇutādarapūrvakam | etacchravaṇamātreṇa muktaḥ syā nmānavo dvijāḥ

Translation

เราจักกล่าวเล่าตามลำดับ—จงฟังด้วยความเคารพยิ่งเถิด โอ้ทวิชะทั้งหลาย เพียงได้สดับเท่านี้ มนุษย์ก็อาจบรรลุโมกษะได้

Word by Word

• तत्: that (topic)
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; धातुः—वच् (वचने)

• अनुपूर्व्येण: in due order, sequentially
• अनुपूर्व्येण: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुपूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (instrumental-usage adverbial form); अर्थे—क्रमेण/यथाक्रमम् (in order)

• शृणुत: listen (you all)
• शृणुत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; धातुः—श्रु (श्रवणे)

• आदरपूर्वकम्: with reverence, attentively
• आदरपूर्वकम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदर + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावसमासः; अर्थे—आदरेण (with respect/attentively)

• एतत्: of this
• एतत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (एतत्-श्रवण...)

• श्रवणमात्रेण: by mere hearing
• श्रवणमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रवण-मात्र = केवलश्रवणम्)

• मुक्तः: liberated
• मुक्तः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्तः—भूतकृदन्त (क्त), मुच् (मोचने)

• स्यात्: would be / may become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातुः—अस् (भुवि)

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

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing dvijas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (Rāmeśvara/Setubandha region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas (twice-born audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator seated before attentive dvijas, palm-leaf manuscript in hand, gesturing ‘in sequence’; behind them a symbolic seashore shrine silhouette indicating Setu-kathā’s setting.

Characters & Entities

• Dvi-ja (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening (śravaṇa) to a tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a liberating practice when done with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu/Rāmeśvara tīrtha context of Setukhaṇḍa is being introduced as salvific to hear.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—attentive hearing of the māhātmya—is presented as the key practice and source of merit.