Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तेन क्रतुशतैरिष्टं चेतो यस्येह निर्मलम् । तदेव निर्मलं चेतो यथा स्यात्तन्मुने शृणु

Transliteration

tena kratuśatairiṣṭaṃ ceto yasyeha nirmalam | tadeva nirmalaṃ ceto yathā syāttanmune śṛṇu

Translation

Pour celui dont l’esprit est pur ici-bas, c’est comme s’il avait accompli des centaines de sacrifices. Maintenant, ô sage, écoute comment cet esprit même devient sans tache.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘तेन’ = ‘by that/thereby’

• क्रतुशतैः: by a hundred sacrifices
• क्रतुशतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्रतूनां शतम्)

• इष्टम्: (is) performed/sacrificed
• इष्टम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘performed/desired’—अत्र ‘यज्ञैः इष्टम्’ (sacrificed)

• चेतः: mind, consciousness
• चेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक अव्यय (here/in this world)

• निर्मलम्: pure, spotless
• निर्मलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘चेतः’ विशेषणम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘that (same)’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic: just/indeed)

• निर्मलम्: pure
• निर्मलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘चेतः’ विशेषणम्

• चेतः: mind
• चेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यथा: so that / in such a way that
• यथा: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय; अत्र ‘यथा…तथा’ अर्थे (so that/as)

• स्यात्: may be / should become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that (teaching)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘शृणु’ कर्म

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

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa narrative style within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citta-śuddhi as mahā-tīrtha (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (addressed as ‘mune’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses a disciple in a forest hermitage; in the sky behind them appear faint, translucent images of many sacrificial altars and fires dissolving into a single radiant heart-lotus—signifying that pure mind subsumes kratu-śata.

Characters & Entities

• Kratu (Vedic sacrifice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A pure mind yields merit equal to vast ritual sacrifice; inner transformation is the heart of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is instructional rather than topographical; it prepares for a method of mind-purification within the Dharmāraṇya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies that mind-purification can substitute for large-scale sacrificial rites and introduces a forthcoming method.