Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

सर्गमेतं नरः पुण्यं वाच्यमानं शृणोति यः । स विष्णु लोकमासाद्य तेनैव सह मोदते

Transliteration

sargametaṃ naraḥ puṇyaṃ vācyamānaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ | sa viṣṇu lokamāsādya tenaiva saha modate

Translation

ผู้ใดได้สดับเรื่องราวอันเป็นบุญนี้เมื่อมีการสาธยาย ผู้นั้นย่อมบรรลุโลกของพระวิษณุ และชื่นบานอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นร่วมกับพระองค์

Word by Word

• sargam: account/section (creation narrative)
• sargam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• etam: this
• etam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘एतम्’

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

• puṇyam: meritorious/holy
• puṇyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘पुण्यम्’ (sargaṃ qualifies)

• vācyamānam: being recited
• vācyamānam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु) (यक्-प्रत्यय; वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोग; शानच्/मान)
• Form: कृदन्त (वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि, मान-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘वाच्यमानम्’ = being recited

• śṛṇoti: hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘शृणोति’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

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

• viṣṇu-lokam: Viṣṇu’s world
• viṣṇu-lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): विष्णोः लोकम्; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• āsādya: having reached
• āsādya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√sad (धातु) (ल्यप्; अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप् अव्यय) — ‘आसाद्य’ = having reached

• tena: with him
• tena: Sahartha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — ‘तेन’ = with him/with that

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphasis ‘indeed/only’

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahartha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-प्रयोग) — ‘together with’

• modate: rejoices
• modate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mud (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘मोदते’ = rejoices

Speaker

Narrator (phalaśruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) audience/ṛṣis and all future listeners

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter (sūta/ṛṣi) proclaims the sacred account to attentive listeners; above them, a vision of Viṣṇu-loka appears—Viṣṇu enthroned, welcoming the devotee who heard with faith, sharing divine joy (moda).

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇuloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa—devout listening to sacred narratives—is itself a powerful practice that leads toward divine proximity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, since the phalaśruti seals the māhātmya of the place through promised spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is śravaṇa (hearing) of the episode when recited; no further rite is specified.