Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ये श्रावयंति मनुजान्पुण्यां पौराणिकीं कथाम् । कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं तिष्ठंति ब्रह्मणः पदम्

Transliteration

ye śrāvayaṃti manujānpuṇyāṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām | kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ tiṣṭhaṃti brahmaṇaḥ padam

Translation

Ceux qui font entendre aux hommes le saint récit purānique demeurent dans le séjour de Brahmā pendant un plein cent de crores de kalpas.

Word by Word

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• श्रावयन्ति: cause to hear / recite to
• श्रावयन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• मनुजान्: people
• मनुजान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म

• पुण्याम्: meritorious/holy
• पुण्याम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'कथाम्' इति विशेषणम्

• पौराणिकीम्: Puranic
• पौराणिकीम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौराणिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'कथाम्' इति विशेषणम्

• कथाम्: story/discourse
• कथाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (what is recited)

• कल्प-कोटि-शतम्: a hundred crores of kalpas
• कल्प-कोटि-शतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुषसमासः (कल्पानां कोटयः, तासां शतम्); कालपरिमाण-कर्म

• साग्रम्: with an additional part (and more)
• साग्रम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'कल्प-कोटि-शतम्' इति विशेषणम्; स+अग्र (with an excess)

• तिष्ठन्ति: they remain/abide
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (goal/state)

Speaker

Narrator of the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmaloka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A patron arranges a Purāṇic discourse: canopy, lamps, water pots, and seating; townspeople gather to listen. Above, a luminous Brahmaloka with Brahmā on a lotus-throne welcomes the patron with garlands, indicating long residence.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Enabling others to hear Purāṇa-kathā is a high merit-bearing service that yields exalted post-mortem states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the verse glorifies the act of propagating Purāṇic hearing itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāvaṇa-sevā: arranging or facilitating the hearing of Purāṇic discourse for others.