Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

माहात्म्यं ये च गंगायाः शृण्वंति च पठंति च । तेप्यशेषैर्महापापैर्मुच्यंते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

māhātmyaṃ ye ca gaṃgāyāḥ śṛṇvaṃti ca paṭhaṃti ca | tepyaśeṣairmahāpāpairmucyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ผู้ที่สดับฟังและผู้ที่สาธยายมหาตมยะของพระคงคา ย่อมพ้นแม้จากบาปใหญ่ทั้งปวง—ไร้ข้อสงสัย

Word by Word

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• गङ्गायाः: of the Ganga
• गङ्गायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शृण्वन्ति: hear
• शृण्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• पठन्ति: recite/read
• पठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also/even)

• अशेषैः: with all (entire)
• अशेषैः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘महापापैः’ इत्यस्य

• महापापैः: from great sins
• महापापैः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् पापम्)

• मुच्यन्ते: are freed
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• न: no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Pratishedha (Negated-existence/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘न ... संशयः’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly on a Kāśī ghāṭa: a paṇḍita recites Gaṅgā-māhātmya from a palm-leaf manuscript; listeners sit with folded hands; the river flows behind, and a subtle aura indicates sins dissolving like dark mist.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening and recitation (śravaṇa/pāṭha) of tīrtha-glory is itself a purifying practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgā, praised through her māhātmya within Kāśī Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation/reading) of Gaṅgā-māhātmya.