Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

एवं विधानतः श्रुत्वा धर्मारण्यकथानकम् । धर्मारण्यनिवासस्य फलमाप्नोत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

evaṃ vidhānataḥ śrutvā dharmāraṇyakathānakam | dharmāraṇyanivāsasya phalamāpnotyasaṃśayam

Translation

So erlangt, wer die heilige Erzählung von Dharmāraṇya vorschriftsgemäß und in rechter Weise anhört, ohne Zweifel die volle geistige Frucht, die dem Aufenthalt in Dharmāraṇya verheißen ist.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed method
• विधानतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: तद्धितान्त अव्यय; -तस् (ablatival adverb) = “according to/with due procedure”

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• धर्मारण्यकथानकम्: the narrative of Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्यकथानकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मारण्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास) + कथानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular); कर्मपद

• धर्मारण्यनिवासस्य: of residing in Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्यनिवासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मारण्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास) + निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावप्राय प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative: “without doubt”)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm forest hermitage scene: a seated narrator recites the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya to attentive listeners; the forest itself appears luminous, suggesting the ‘fruit of residence’ arising through sound.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent listening (śravaṇa) to a tīrtha’s māhātmya can confer the same merit as physically living in that sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya—the sacred forest praised in the Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listening to the Dharmāraṇya narrative “according to prescribed rule” (vidhānataḥ), implying proper, reverent śravaṇa.