Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

याः श्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यंते ब्रह्महत्यया । तारयंति पितृगणाञ्छतमेकोत्तरं मुने

Transliteration

yāḥ śrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyaṃte brahmahatyayā | tārayaṃti pitṛgaṇāñchatamekottaraṃ mune

Translation

Al oírlas, uno queda libre de todos los pecados, incluso del pecado de matar a un brāhmaṇa. Y, oh sabio, salva a las huestes de los antepasados: ciento uno.

Word by Word

• याः: which (stories)
• याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; अव्ययीभाव/gerund)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘having heard’

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पाप), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘सर्वाणि पापानि’ इति कर्मधारय

• मुच्यन्ते: are freed
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘are released’

• ब्रह्महत्यया: by (even) brahmin-slaying (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘ब्रह्मणः हत्या’

• तारयन्ति: they deliver, ferry across
• तारयन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (धातु; तारणे)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पितृगणान्: groups of ancestors
• पितृगणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘पितॄणां गणाः’

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• एकोत्तरम्: one more (making 101)
• एकोत्तरम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘एकेन उत्तरम्’ = one more (i.e., 101); विशेषण (शतम्)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Yama (contextual; addressing Nārada as muni)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A listener receives kathā; dark clouds labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissolve into light; behind, a line of ancestors rises upward, signifying ‘101 pitṛs delivered’.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Nārada (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening (śravaṇa) to a dharmic Purāṇic kathā is portrayed as extraordinarily purifying—benefiting both the listener and their ancestral line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is the power of the kathā; within the section it supports the Mahātmya of Dharmāraṇya as a sanctifying sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the merit is linked to hearing the kathā, which functions as a devotional discipline.