Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

यश्चैतत्कीर्तयेद्भक्त्या शृणुयाद्वा समाहितः । इह भुक्त्वा सुविपुलान्भोगान्याति त्रिविष्टपम्

Transliteration

yaścaitatkīrtayedbhaktyā śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ | iha bhuktvā suvipulānbhogānyāti triviṣṭapam

Translation

Ai với lòng sùng kính tụng đọc điều này, hoặc lắng nghe với tâm chuyên nhất—sau khi hưởng phúc lộc dồi dào ở đời này, sẽ đến Triviṣṭapa (cõi trời).

Word by Word

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

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

• एतत्: this (text)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• कीर्तयेत्: should recite/proclaim
• कीर्तयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• शृणुयात्: should listen
• शृणुयात्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• समाहितः: collected, attentive
• समाहितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित (सम्+आ+√धा धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-अव्यय (adverb)

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• सुविपुलान्: very abundant
• सुविपुलान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• त्रिविष्टपम्: Svarga, heaven
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; गन्तव्य (destination)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrthamāhātmya narration style; explicit speaker appears at 155.1 as Sūta)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gathered assembly in a tīrtha-town dharmaśālā: a reciter reads from a manuscript; listeners sit with closed eyes and folded hands; above, a subtle celestial vista indicates Triviṣṭapa as promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation and attentive listening to a tīrtha-māhātmya are themselves powerful dharmic acts that yield both worldly well-being and heavenly merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a phalaśruti for the Citreśvarīpīṭha-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) and kīrtana (recitation/proclamation) performed with bhakti and mental concentration.