Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

यः शृणोति सदाख्यानमेत च्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । स प्राप्नोति नरश्रेष्ठ कामान्मनसि वांछितान्

Transliteration

yaḥ śṛṇoti sadākhyānameta cchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | sa prāpnoti naraśreṣṭha kāmānmanasi vāṃchitān

Translation

Ai lắng nghe câu chuyện thiêng liêng này với lòng tin—hỡi bậc trượng phu ưu tú—người ấy đạt được những điều ước thầm mong trong tâm.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• śṛṇoti: hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sad-ākhyānam: the sacred narrative
• sad-ākhyānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—सत् आख्यानम् (true/holy narrative)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: endowed with faith
• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (समन्वित, कृदन्त from sam-√i/√vṛt? used adjectivally)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘endowed with faith’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nara-śreṣṭha: O best of men
• nara-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—नराणां श्रेष्ठः

• kāmān: desires, wishes
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• manasi: in the mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vāṃchitān: desired
• vāṃchitān: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāṃchita (वाञ्छित, कृदन्त from √vāñch)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) qualifying kāmān

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 37)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-māhātmya (śravaṇa-phala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (naraśreṣṭha addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage recites the Arbuda account to an attentive king and assembly; the listeners’ faces show faith and uplift, with a subtle aura indicating boons granted.

Characters & Entities

• Sadākhyāna (sacred narrative)
• Śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a meritorious act that bears tangible and inner fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a phalaśruti for the Arbuda-related sacred account just narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the account with śraddhā (faithful attention).