Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यश्चैतत्छृणुयात्सम्यक्पठेद्वा तस्य चाग्रतः । श्रावयेद्वापि वा विप्राः सर्वपातकनानम् । केदारस्य स पापौघैर्मुच्यते तत्क्षणान्नरः

Transliteration

yaścaitatchṛṇuyātsamyakpaṭhedvā tasya cāgrataḥ | śrāvayedvāpi vā viprāḥ sarvapātakanānam | kedārasya sa pāpaughairmucyate tatkṣaṇānnaraḥ

Translation

Ai nghe đúng pháp, hoặc đọc tụng rõ ràng trước mặt người khác, hoặc khiến người khác được nghe—hỡi các Bà-la-môn—thì bản tường thuật này diệt trừ mọi tội lỗi. Người ấy được giải thoát khỏi những đống tội liên hệ đến Kê-đa-ra ngay trong khoảnh khắc ấy.

Word by Word

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• एतत्: this (account)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• सम्यक्: properly; correctly
• सम्यक्: Prakara (Manner adjunct/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb of manner

• पठेत्: should recite/read
• पठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक) — disjunctive particle

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• अग्रतः: in his presence; before him
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय/उपपद; अग्र-शब्दात्)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक; उपपद) — indeclinable “in front of” (often with genitive)

• श्रावयेत्: should make (others) hear; should recite to
• श्रावयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) णिच् (कारण)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Causative optative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada (“should cause to hear”)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक) — disjunctive particle

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ) — particle “also/even”

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक) — disjunctive particle

• विप्राः: O Brahmins
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (vocative sense by address)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: (that which is) the destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular (object/complement; text reads ‘नानम्’ as likely scribal for ‘नाशनम्’)

• केदारस्य: of Kedāra
• केदारस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पापौघैः: from masses of sins; by (the removal of) heaps of sins
• पापौघैः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Separation adjunct)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पाप-ओघ); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मुच्यते: is freed; is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग — Present passive, 3rd person singular, ātmanepada

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately; from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Ablative point/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तत्-क्षण); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• नरः: the man
• नरः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (apposition to सः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed as viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter reads the Kedāra narrative to a gathered audience; some listen with folded hands, others sponsor the event; a subtle aura of purification surrounds them, suggesting sins falling away ‘at that moment’.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred transmission—hearing, reciting, and enabling others to hear—multiplies merit and is declared powerfully purificatory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, through the fruit (phala) of its māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing), pāṭha (recitation/reading), and śrāvaṇa-karaṇa (causing others to hear) of the Kedāra narrative.