Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 168

Devanagari script

श्रृणोतीदं श्रद्धया यस्तस्य तुष्येश्च भास्करः । धारयन्हृदये मोक्षंमुच्यते भवसागरात्

Transliteration

śrṛṇotīdaṃ śraddhayā yastasya tuṣyeśca bhāskaraḥ | dhārayanhṛdaye mokṣaṃmucyate bhavasāgarāt

Translation

凡以信心聆听此文者，日神（Bhāskara）必欢喜于彼。将此解脱之教持于心中，便得出离生死流转之大海（saṃsāra）。

Word by Word

• śṛṇoti: he hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• tuṣyati: is pleased
• tuṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (तुष् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• bhāskaraḥ: the Sun (Bhāskara)
• bhāskaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• dhārayan: holding/bearing
• dhārayan: Kriya (Concomitant/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धृ धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे (concomitant action: ‘while holding’)

• hṛdaye: in the heart
• hṛdaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• mucyate: is released
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• bhava-sāgarāt: from the ocean of worldly existence
• bhava-sāgarāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhavasya sāgaraḥ)

Speaker

Deductive (contextual): Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (narrator in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Purūravāditya-tīrtha (māhātmya-śravaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees sit in attentive listening as a reciter chants the māhātmya; above, Bhāskara radiates approving light; one listener holds the teaching ‘in the heart,’ depicted as a lotus within the chest, while waves of saṃsāra recede.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening and inner retention of dharma-teachings leads toward liberation from saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general phalaśruti to the preceding narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening with faith) and dhāraṇā (keeping the teaching in the heart/mind).