Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तां निशम्य सुविस्तीर्णां कथां ब्रह्मांडसंभवाम् प्र । मोदोत्फुल्लनयनो ब्रह्माणमनुमत्य च

Transliteration

tāṃ niśamya suvistīrṇāṃ kathāṃ brahmāṃḍasaṃbhavām pra | modotphullanayano brahmāṇamanumatya ca

Translation

Als er jene weit ausgebreitete Erzählung vernahm, entsprungen aus dem kosmischen Geheimnis des Brahmāṇḍa, suchte Dharma — mit vor Freude erblühten Augen — Brahmās Zustimmung.

Word by Word

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• निशम्य: having listened
• निशम्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √शम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having heard/listened’

• सुविस्तीर्णाम्: very extensive
• सुविस्तीर्णाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + विस्तीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; वि + √स्तॄ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कथाम्’)

• कथाम्: story, discourse
• कथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ब्रह्माण्डसंभवाम्: originating from the Brahmāṇḍa (cosmic egg)
• ब्रह्माण्डसंभवाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड + संभव (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √भू (धातु) + अप्/अच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘ब्रह्माण्डात्/ब्रह्माण्डे संभवः’ इति तत्पुरुषः; विशेषण (कथाम्)

• प्र: (particle)
• प्र: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपात (textual particle; here likely pāda-break marker)

• मोदोत्फुल्लनयनः: one whose eyes blossomed with joy
• मोदोत्फुल्लनयनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोद + उत्फुल्ल + नयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘मोदेन उत्फुल्ले नयने यस्य’ इति (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासप्रायः) विशेषण

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• अनुमत्य: having taken leave/permission
• अनुमत्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + √मन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘having obtained permission/assented’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma-khaṇḍa framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (kathā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharma, radiant with joy, listens to a vast cosmological account; his eyes are wide and blossoming; he turns respectfully toward Brahmā, palms joined, requesting consent to proceed.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic kathā is treated as cosmic in scope, and dharma is upheld through humility and proper assent from higher authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it marks a narrative transition within the Dharmāraṇya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on śravaṇa (hearing) and respectful seeking of permission (anujñā).