Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तत्रासीनः सभामध्ये सर्वलोकैकपूजिते नानाकथाः श्रुतास्तत्र धर्म्मवर्गसमन्विताः

Transliteration

tatrāsīnaḥ sabhāmadhye sarvalokaikapūjite nānākathāḥ śrutāstatra dharmmavargasamanvitāḥ

Translation

Seated there in the midst of the assembly, revered by all the worlds, he heard many discourses—each endowed with the divisions of dharma and its sacred teachings.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• आसीनः: seated
• आसीनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) कर्तरि, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सभा-मध्ये: in the middle of the assembly
• सभा-मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सभायाः मध्ये)

• सर्वलोकैकपूजिते: (in the place) revered by all worlds
• सर्वलोकैकपूजिते: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वलोकैः एकतया पूजिते/सर्वलोकैः पूजिते)

• नाना-कथाः: various stories
• नाना-कथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (नानाविधाः कथाः)

• श्रुताः: were heard
• श्रुताः: Kriya/Predicate (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• धर्मवर्ग-समन्विताः: endowed with the categories of dharma
• धर्मवर्ग-समन्विताः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (धर्मवर्गेण समन्विताः)

Speaker

Dharmarāja (continuing narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand celestial sabhā: Brahmā presiding, sages and devas seated; Dharmarāja sits among them, listening to varied dharma narratives; the hall glows with Vedic radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is learned through sacred discourse (kathā); listening in a sanctified assembly is itself a purifying practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Brahmā’s revered assembly (a celestial sabhā), not a named earthly pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) to dharma-filled kathā.