Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

इदं ब्रह्मपुराणस्य सुलभं सौरमुत्तमम् । संहिताद्वयसंयुक्तं पुण्यं शिवकथाश्रयम्

Transliteration

idaṃ brahmapurāṇasya sulabhaṃ sauramuttamam | saṃhitādvayasaṃyuktaṃ puṇyaṃ śivakathāśrayam

Translation

Dieses vortreffliche Saura (Upapurāṇa) ist im Brahma-Purāṇa leicht zugänglich; es ist mit zwei Saṃhitās verbunden, verdienstvoll und auf Erzählungen von Śiva gegründet.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्मपुराणस्य: of the Brahma Purāṇa
• ब्रह्मपुराणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध—‘of the Brahma-Purāṇa’

• सुलभम्: easily obtainable
• सुलभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सौरम्: solar; related to Sūrya
• सौरम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘pertaining to Sūrya’

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण—superlative sense

• संहिताद्वयसंयुक्तम्: joined with two saṃhitās
• संहिताद्वयसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहिता + द्वय + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; युज्(धातु)+क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त विशेषण; ‘संहिताद्वयेन संयुक्तम्’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः

• पुण्यम्: meritorious/holy
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• शिवकथाश्रयम्: based on the stories of Śiva
• शिवकथाश्रयम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव + कथा + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘शिवकथायाः आश्रयः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two saṃhitās depicted as twin manuscript bundles, with Śiva’s presence (liṅga or subtle aura) sanctifying the act of reading; devotees gathered in a kathā-sabhā.

Characters & Entities

• Brahma Purāṇa
• Saura (Upapurāṇa)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches that even subsidiary Purāṇic works can be deeply meritorious when rooted in Śiva-kathā and preserved through recognized compilations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is specified; the verse praises the sanctity and accessibility of a Śaiva-oriented text.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse characterizes the text as puṇya and Śiva-centered.