Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

इत्येततत्पुण्यमाख्यानं मया समनुवर्णितम् । पठतां शृण्वतां सम्यग्भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

ityetatatpuṇyamākhyānaṃ mayā samanuvarṇitam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ samyagbhuktimuktiphalapradam

Translation

So habe ich diese verdienstvolle Erzählung vollständig dargelegt. Wer sie in rechter Weise liest oder hört, dem verleiht sie die Früchte von weltlichem Genuss und Befreiung.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक निपात (thus)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणरूपेण

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणरूपेण

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

• आख्यानम्: narrative
• आख्यानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समनुवर्णितम्: has been described
• समनुवर्णितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अनु-वर्ण् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → समनुवर्णित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (described)

• पठताम्: of those who read
• पठताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle) ‘पठत्’; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• शृण्वताम्: of those who listen
• शृण्वताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle) ‘शृण्वत्’; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (properly)

• भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्: granting the fruit of enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुक्ति + मुक्ति + फल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समास: (भुक्तिः च मुक्तिः च) इति द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद + तत्पुरुष (भुक्तिमुक्त्योः फलम्) + उपपद-तत्पुरुष (फलप्रद)

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not specified in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the story, holding a manuscript or gesturing in teaching posture; listeners sit in reverent attention; the words ‘bhukti’ and ‘mukti’ are implied as twin fruits.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic listening/recitation is presented as a spiritual practice that grants both prosperity (bhukti) and liberation (mukti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse is a general phalaśruti for the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (reading/recitation) of the sacred narrative are recommended.