Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

पुत्रपौत्रप्रपौत्रादि फलदात्रीं तथैव च । धारणाच्छ्रवणाच्चापि पठनाच्चावलोकनात्

Transliteration

putrapautraprapautrādi phaladātrīṃ tathaiva ca | dhāraṇācchravaṇāccāpi paṭhanāccāvalokanāt

Translation

یہ پُتر، پوتروں اور پڑپوتروں وغیرہ کے پھل بھی عطا کرتی ہے؛ اور اسے محض اپنے پاس رکھنے، سننے، پڑھنے یا صرف دیدار کرنے سے بھی پُنّیہ (ثواب) پیدا ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• पुत्र: son
• पुत्र: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषणाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)

• पौत्र: grandson
• पौत्र: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषणाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (मध्यपद)

• प्रपौत्र: great-grandson
• प्रपौत्र: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषणाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (मध्यपद)

• आदि: and so on, etc.
• आदि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; समासे अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः ‘आदि’ = ‘इत्यादि’

• फलदात्रीम्: the giver of results/fruit
• फलदात्रीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल + दातृ (प्रातिपदिक; √दा (धातु) + तृन्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘फलस्य दात्री’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• धारणात्: from/through holding (memorizing)
• धारणात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारण (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (ablative of cause/source)

• श्रवणात्: from/through hearing
• श्रवणात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक; √श्रु (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• पठनात्: from/through recitation/reading
• पठनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पठन (प्रातिपदिक; √पठ् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• अवलोकनात्: from/through seeing/looking at
• अवलोकनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक; अव + √लोक् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma-khaṇḍa framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered manuscript of the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya is placed on a low wooden stand; devotees—householders and ascetics—listen, recite, and take respectful darśana; subtle imagery of a flourishing family-line (sons, grandsons) appears as symbolic vignettes.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narrative itself is a vehicle of merit—hearing, reciting, preserving, or even reverently seeing it is dharmically fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a general phalaśruti for the Dharmāraṇya narrative rather than naming a single tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing), pāṭha (recitation/reading), dhāraṇa (keeping the sacred account), and avalokana (reverent viewing) are presented as merit-generating observances.