Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

एतत्पुण्यं पापहरं धर्म्यं चाह्लादकारकम् । पठतां चापि सर्वाभीष्टफल प्रदम्

Transliteration

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dharmyaṃ cāhlādakārakam | paṭhatāṃ cāpi sarvābhīṣṭaphala pradam

Translation

یہ نہایت ثواب کا باعث، گناہوں کو دور کرنے والا، دھرم کے مطابق اور مسرت بخش ہے۔ جو اس کا پاٹھ کرتے ہیں، اُنہیں تمام مطلوبہ پھل عطا کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally (विशेषण)

• puṇyam: merit; holy (act/text)
• puṇyam: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• pāpa-haram: sin-destroying
• pāpa-haram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य हरः) used as adjective

• dharmyam: righteous; in accordance with dharma
• dharmyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; adjective

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• āhlāda-kārakam: causing delight
• āhlāda-kārakam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āhlāda (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आह्लादस्य कारकम्)

• paṭhatām: of those who recite
• paṭhatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमा-बहुवचन? (not applicable); actually शतृ/लट्-लकार? Here: present active participial genitive plural sense; standard reading: पठताम् = षष्ठी-बहुवचन of present participle 'paṭhat' (पठत्) used as noun: 'of those who recite'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: also/even)

• sarva-abhīṣṭa-phala-pradam: granting all desired results
• sarva-abhīṣṭa-phala-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + abhīṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √iṣ 'इष्' with abhi-, past passive participle) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: (सर्वाणि अभिष्टानि फलानि) तेषां प्रदम् = giver of all desired fruits

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assemblage of sages/deities/seekers in the frame narrative (not explicit in this verse).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding benediction scene: a sage or narrator holds a palm-leaf manuscript; listeners sit reverently; a subtle aura of purification surrounds them, suggesting sins dissolving and desired boons ripening.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Engaging with sacred māhātmya through recitation is a complete dharmic practice—purifying, uplifting, and fruit-bearing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The concluding praise applies to the Kumāreśa/Rāmeśvara liṅga narrative and its tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular pāṭha (recitation/reading) of the māhātmya.