Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

गालव उवाच । शृणु विस्तरतो भेदान्पुराणोक्तान्वदामि ते । याञ्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यतेऽवश्यं मनुजः सर्वकिल्बिषात्

Transliteration

gālava uvāca | śṛṇu vistarato bhedānpurāṇoktānvadāmi te | yāñchrutvā mucyate'vaśyaṃ manujaḥ sarvakilbiṣāt

Translation

伽罗婆说道：“且听我细说诸往世书所宣说的种种差别；凡人闻之，必定解脱一切罪垢。”

Word by Word

• gālavaḥ: Gālava
• gālavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gālava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• vistarataḥ: in detail
• vistarataḥ: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vistaratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: रीतिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: in detail)

• bhedān: differences/divisions
• bhedān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• purāṇa-uktān: stated in the Purāṇa
• purāṇa-uktān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vac वच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (said in the Purāṇa)

• vadāmi: I tell
• vadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (वद्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• yān: which (those)
• yān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (श्रु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• mucyate: is liberated
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• avaśyam: surely
• avaśyam: Sambandha (Certainty/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avaśyam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (certainly)

• manujaḥ: a man/human
• manujaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarva-kilbiṣāt: from all sins
• sarva-kilbiṣāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Paijavana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gālava raises his hand in teaching gesture, promising detailed enumeration from Purāṇas; Paijavana listens intently; the atmosphere suggests certainty of purification through sacred discourse.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Purāṇas
• Śāligrāma (implied topic)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of Purāṇic dharma—especially about sacred worship—has purifying power and removes sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya setting continues; Śāligrāma sanctity remains the thematic focus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa: listening attentively to the Purāṇic description of Śāligrāma varieties.