Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

य इदं श्रावयेन्मर्त्यो यः पठेत्सततं स्वयम्

Transliteration

ya idaṃ śrāvayenmartyo yaḥ paṭhetsatataṃ svayam

Translation

มนุษย์ผู้ใดให้มีการสาธยายคำสอนนี้ หรือผู้ใดอ่านเองอยู่เนืองนิตย์—

Word by Word

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

• idam: this (text)
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश/प्रदर्शक सर्वनाम

• śrāvayet: would cause to be heard / recite to others
• śrāvayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + ṇic (प्रेरणार्थक)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• martyaḥ: a mortal (man)
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who (and who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यः (relative pronoun)

• paṭhet: would read/recite
• paṭhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• satatam: constantly, always
• satatam: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Karta-visheshaṇa (Agent-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक/स्वयम् (reflexive adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly at a tīrtha rest-house: a reciter reads from palm-leaf manuscripts; listeners sit with folded hands; sound-waves depicted as luminous syllables spreading outward.

Characters & Entities

• Purāṇa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and reciting sacred Purāṇic teaching is itself a powerful dharmic act that yields spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is on the merit of reciting the chapter’s māhātmya; the tīrtha-context is the overall Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāvaṇa (arranging recitation) and pāṭha (personal reading/recitation) of the text are prescribed.