Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वाख्यानमिदं पुण्यं मयूखादित्यसंश्रयम् । द्रौपदादित्यसहितं नरो न निरयं व्रजेत्

Transliteration

śrutvākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ mayūkhādityasaṃśrayam | draupadādityasahitaṃ naro na nirayaṃ vrajet

Translation

مایوکھادتیہ سے وابستہ یہ پُنیہ بھرا بیان، دروپدادتیہ کے تذکرے سمیت، جو شخص سنتا ہے وہ دوزخ میں نہیں جاتا۔

Word by Word

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having heard’

• ākhyānam: narrative, account
• ākhyānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ākhyānam)

• puṇyam: meritorious, holy
• puṇyam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ākhyānam)

• mayūkha-āditya-saṃśrayam: connected with/depending on Mayūkhāditya
• mayūkha-āditya-saṃśrayam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mayūkha (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (Mayūkhāditya + saṃśraya ‘having as refuge/connected with’), विशेषणम् (ākhyānam)

• draupada-āditya-sahitam: accompanied by Draupadāditya
• draupada-āditya-sahitam: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: draupada (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (Draupadāditya + sahita ‘accompanied by’), विशेषणम् (naraḥ)

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

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• nirayam: hell
• nirayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• vrajet: would go
• vrajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mayūkhāditya and Draupadāditya (kathā-śravaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly in Kāśī listens to a reciter narrating Mayūkhāditya and Draupadāditya; the listeners are shown protected from dark, hellish imagery dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Mayūkhāditya
• Draupadāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of sacred māhātmya narratives is itself a purifier, protecting the listener from grievous post-mortem suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s solar sacred complex, specifically traditions tied to Mayūkhāditya and Draupadāditya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing (śravaṇa) the holy narrative is the prescribed act, presented as a source of puṇya.