Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

किंचिदेवाद्भुतं ब्रूत श्रवणाद्येन पुण्यता । एवमुक्ते भगवता तेषां यः प्रवरो मतः

Transliteration

kiṃcidevādbhutaṃ brūta śravaṇādyena puṇyatā | evamukte bhagavatā teṣāṃ yaḥ pravaro mataḥ

Translation

“请说一件真正奇妙之事——仅凭聆听便能得福德。” 世尊如此说后，他们中最卓越者上前一步。

Word by Word

• किंचित्: something
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful/marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रूत: tell/say
• ब्रूत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• श्रवणाद्येन: by hearing and the like
• श्रवणाद्येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: श्रवणम् आदिः यस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुण्यता: merit/holiness
• पुण्यता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• उक्ते: when (this was) said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (Singular)

• भगवता: by the Lord
• भगवता: Karana (Agent in locative absolute context/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रवरः: the best/excellent
• प्रवरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

• मतः: was considered/was thought
• मतः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Brahmā (Pitāmaha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā requests a ‘truly wondrous’ account whose hearing grants merit; one emissary begins to rise as the ‘foremost’ to speak, the assembly leaning in.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) itself is a dharmic practice that generates puṇya when the subject is sacred and elevating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it sets up a sacred account whose hearing grants merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice: śravaṇa—listening to sacred narrative for merit.