Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

यः शृणोति सदाख्यानमेत च्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । स प्राप्नोति नरश्रेष्ठ कामान्मनसि वांछितान्

Transliteration

yaḥ śṛṇoti sadākhyānameta cchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | sa prāpnoti naraśreṣṭha kāmānmanasi vāṃchitān

Translation

Sinumang nakikinig sa banal na salaysay na ito nang may pananampalataya—O pinakamainam sa mga tao—ay nakakamtan ang mga minimithi ng puso.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• śṛṇoti: hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sad-ākhyānam: the sacred narrative
• sad-ākhyānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—सत् आख्यानम् (true/holy narrative)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: endowed with faith
• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (समन्वित, कृदन्त from sam-√i/√vṛt? used adjectivally)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘endowed with faith’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nara-śreṣṭha: O best of men
• nara-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—नराणां श्रेष्ठः

• kāmān: desires, wishes
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• manasi: in the mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vāṃchitān: desired
• vāṃchitān: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāṃchita (वाञ्छित, कृदन्त from √vāñch)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) qualifying kāmān

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 37)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-māhātmya (śravaṇa-phala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (naraśreṣṭha addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage recites the Arbuda account to an attentive king and assembly; the listeners’ faces show faith and uplift, with a subtle aura indicating boons granted.

Characters & Entities

• Sadākhyāna (sacred narrative)
• Śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a meritorious act that bears tangible and inner fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a phalaśruti for the Arbuda-related sacred account just narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the account with śraddhā (faithful attention).