Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

यो धर्मश्रवणं तस्याः पुरतः कुरुते नरः । स नूनं वसति स्वर्गे तत्प्रभावाद्युगत्रयम्

Transliteration

yo dharmaśravaṇaṃ tasyāḥ purataḥ kurute naraḥ | sa nūnaṃ vasati svarge tatprabhāvādyugatrayam

Translation

ผู้ใดกระทำการสดับฟังธรรมต่อหน้าพระนาง ผู้นั้นย่อมพำนักในสวรรค์แน่นอน ด้วยอานุภาพนั้นตลอดสามยุค

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः

• dharma-śravaṇam: hearing of dharma
• dharma-śravaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य श्रवणम्)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• purataḥ: in front (of)
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purataḥ (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: in front)

• kurute: does / performs
• kurute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (particle/adverb: certainly)

• vasati: dwells
• vasati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• svarge: in heaven
• svarge: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tat-prabhāvāt: due to that power/effect
• tat-prabhāvāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य प्रभावः)

• yuga-trayam: (for) three yugas
• yuga-trayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणवाचक; द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि युगानि)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (phalaśruti within Sarasvatī tīrtha māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-sannidhi (at her shrine)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned speaker recites dharma-śāstra before Sarasvatī’s image; listeners sit in orderly rows with folded hands; the air is filled with floating syllables; a celestial path to svarga is hinted above.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening to dharma in a sanctified, deity-centered setting is elevated as a powerful spiritual act with vast posthumous merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarasvatī tīrtha of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, where dharma-śravaṇa is done ‘in her presence’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dharma-śravaṇa (hearing/attending scriptural teaching) before Sarasvatī at the site.