Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

धर्म्यमायुष्यमतुलं दुःखदुःस्वप्ननाशनम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चापि सर्वकामार्थसिद्धिदम्

Transliteration

dharmyamāyuṣyamatulaṃ duḥkhaduḥsvapnanāśanam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi sarvakāmārthasiddhidam

Translation

یہ دھرمیہ ہے، عمر بڑھانے والا اور بے مثال؛ غم اور برے خوابوں کا ناس کرتا ہے۔ جو اسے پڑھتے اور جو سنتے ہیں، اُنہیں سب مرادوں اور مقاصد کی تکمیل دیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• धर्म्यम्: righteous
• धर्म्यम्: Karta (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• आयुष्यम्: life-promoting
• आयुष्यम्: Karta (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अतुलम्: incomparable
• अतुलम्: Karta (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• दुःखदुःस्वप्ननाशनम्: destroyer of sorrow and bad dreams
• दुःखदुःस्वप्ननाशनम्: Karta (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (दुःखं च दुःस्वप्नं च, तयोः नाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पठताम्: of those who recite/read
• पठताम्: Sambandha (genitive of beneficiaries)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle) ‘पठत्’; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘of those who read’

• शृण्वताम्: of those who hear
• शृण्वताम्: Sambandha (genitive of beneficiaries)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle) ‘शृण्वत्’; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘of those who listen’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-निपात (also/even)

• सर्वकामार्थसिद्धिदम्: granting fulfillment of all desires and aims
• सर्वकामार्थसिद्धिदम्: Karta (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सर्वे कामार्थाः, तेषां सिद्धिं ददाति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from continued phalaśruti in Revā-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-carita (textual tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household or āśrama evening recitation: readers and listeners seated around a lamp; outside, a calm night sky; above, a fading dark cloud symbolizing sorrow and bad dreams being dispelled.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening to and reciting sacred narrative is presented as a practical dharmic discipline that purifies the mind and aligns life with auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā region is being upheld through its Māhātmya text, rather than a single named tīrtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is pāṭha (recitation/reading) and śravaṇa (hearing) of the Purāṇa.