Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

य इदं श्रावयेन्मर्त्यो यः पठेत्सततं स्वयम्

Transliteration

ya idaṃ śrāvayenmartyo yaḥ paṭhetsatataṃ svayam

Translation

جو کوئی فانی انسان اس (تعلیم) کو سنوائے، یا جو خود ہمیشہ اس کا پاٹھ کرے—

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यः (relative pronoun)

• idam: this (text)
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश/प्रदर्शक सर्वनाम

• śrāvayet: would cause to be heard / recite to others
• śrāvayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + ṇic (प्रेरणार्थक)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• martyaḥ: a mortal (man)
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who (and who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यः (relative pronoun)

• paṭhet: would read/recite
• paṭhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• satatam: constantly, always
• satatam: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Karta-visheshaṇa (Agent-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक/स्वयम् (reflexive adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly at a tīrtha rest-house: a reciter reads from palm-leaf manuscripts; listeners sit with folded hands; sound-waves depicted as luminous syllables spreading outward.

Characters & Entities

• Purāṇa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and reciting sacred Purāṇic teaching is itself a powerful dharmic act that yields spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is on the merit of reciting the chapter’s māhātmya; the tīrtha-context is the overall Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāvaṇa (arranging recitation) and pāṭha (personal reading/recitation) of the text are prescribed.