Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

श्रृणुयात्स्कंदचरितं महाधनपतिर्भवेत् । बालानां व्याधिदुष्टानां राजद्वारोपसेविनाम्

Transliteration

śrṛṇuyātskaṃdacaritaṃ mahādhanapatirbhavet | bālānāṃ vyādhiduṣṭānāṃ rājadvāropasevinām

Translation

听闻斯坎达之行传者，可成大财主。(此叙述尤为有益) 于孩童、为病所困者，以及需出入王门侍候朝廷者。

Word by Word

• श्रृणुयात्: may (he) listen
• श्रृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• स्कन्दचरितम्: the deeds/life of Skanda
• स्कन्दचरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + चरित (कृदन्त, चर् + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (स्कन्दस्य चरितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचनम्

• महाधनपतिः: a great lord of wealth
• महाधनपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + धनपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (महान् धनपतिः); पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• बालानाम्: of children
• बालानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), बहुवचनम्

• व्याधिदुष्टानाम्: of those afflicted by disease
• व्याधिदुष्टानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + दुष्ट (कृदन्त, दुष् + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (व्याधिना दुष्टाः = afflicted by disease); पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्

• राजद्वारोपसेविनाम्: of those who attend the king’s gate/court
• राजद्वारोपसेविनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक) + उपसेविन् (कृदन्त, उप+सेव् + इन्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (राजद्वारम् उपसेवन्ति ये); पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced) presenting targeted phalaśruti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Skanda-carita śravaṇa (as a ‘moving tīrtha’)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A healer-like recitation scene: children and sick devotees sit near a narrator; a court-servant listens with folded hands; Skanda’s vel symbolically bestows wealth and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Royal court (rāja-dvāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional hearing of Skanda’s deeds is portrayed as a practical dharmic support—granting prosperity and easing worldly anxieties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on Skanda-carita śravaṇa as a universally efficacious practice within this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) to Skanda-carita is recommended, with special applicability for vulnerable groups (children, the sick, those under court pressures).