Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

यश्चैतच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्या कथ्यमानं द्विजाननात् । अहोरात्र कृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

yaścaitacchṛṇuyādbhaktyā kathyamānaṃ dvijānanāt | ahorātra kṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดสดับถ้อยคำนี้ด้วยศรัทธา เมื่อพราหมณ์สาธยายจากโอษฐ์ ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นบาปที่ทำไว้ตลอดวันและคืน—หาได้มีความสงสัยไม่

Word by Word

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय

• एतत्: this (account)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथ्यमानम्: being narrated
• कथ्यमानम्: Karma-anvayi (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कथ्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Passive present participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying एतत्)

• द्विजाननात्: from the mouth of a twice-born (Brahmin)
• द्विजाननात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजानन (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + आनन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजस्य आननम्)

• अहोरात्र: day and night
• अहोरात्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहोरात्र (प्रातिपदिक; अहः + रात्रि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः द्वन्द्व (day and night)

• कृतात्: committed/done
• कृतात्: Apadana-anvayi (Source-qualifier/अपादानविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पापात्)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is released)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (continuing narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seated brāhmaṇa recites the tīrtha-māhātmya to attentive pilgrims; the atmosphere is devotional and purificatory, suggesting sins dissolving like darkness before a lamp.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (dvija)
• Śravaṇa (hearing as practice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to Purāṇic māhātmya is itself a purifier and removes recent sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement seals the Arbuda māhātmya by emphasizing the merit of hearing the tīrtha-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To hear the narration devoutly from a brāhmaṇa reciter—treating śravaṇa as a dhārmic practice.