Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

इत्येततत्पुण्यमाख्यानं मया समनुवर्णितम् । पठतां शृण्वतां सम्यग्भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

ityetatatpuṇyamākhyānaṃ mayā samanuvarṇitam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ samyagbhuktimuktiphalapradam

Translation

Ainsi ai-je pleinement exposé ce récit méritoire. À ceux qui le lisent ou l’entendent comme il se doit, il accorde les fruits de la jouissance en ce monde et de la délivrance.

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.