Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

पुराणसंहितामेतां यः पठेद्वा शृणोति च । सोऽनन्तपुण्यभागी स्यान्मृतो ब्रह्मपुरं व्रजेत्

Transliteration

purāṇasaṃhitāmetāṃ yaḥ paṭhedvā śṛṇoti ca | so'nantapuṇyabhāgī syānmṛto brahmapuraṃ vrajet

Translation

જે આ પુરાણ-સંહિતાનું પાઠ કરે છે અથવા તેને સાંભળે છે, તે અનંત પુણ્યનો ભાગી બને છે; અને મૃત્યુ પછી બ્રહ્મલોકને પામે છે.

Word by Word

• purāṇa-saṃhitām: the Purāṇa-compendium
• purāṇa-saṃhitām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘पुराणानां संहिता’ = compendium of Purāṇas)

• etām: this
• etām: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• paṭhet: should read
• paṭhet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (पठ् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• śṛṇoti: hears/listens
• śṛṇoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ananta-puṇya-bhāgī: a partaker of endless merit
• ananta-puṇya-bhāgī: Visheshya (Predicate complement/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (‘अनन्तं पुण्यं यस्य भागः’ = having a share of infinite merit)

• syāt: would be/should become
• syāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mṛtaḥ: having died
• mṛtaḥ: Kāla/avasthā (State/अवस्था)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त √mṛ (मृ) ‘to die’

• brahma-puram: Brahmā’s city (Brahmaloka)
• brahma-puram: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘ब्रह्मणः पुरम्’ = Brahmā’s city)

• vrajet: would go
• vrajet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (व्रज् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; typical phalaśruti closure at end of an adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Purāṇasaṃhitā-śravaṇa (textual tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/assembly; by extension all śrotṛs and pāṭhakās

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee recites/hears a Purāṇic compendium before a sacred fire; above, a luminous path rises to Brahmaloka where Brahmā sits on a lotus, welcoming the meritorious soul.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmapura (Brahmaloka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of Purāṇic Dharma are themselves meritorious acts that elevate one’s spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is named; the verse promises transcendental destination—Brahmapura/Brahmaloka—as the stated fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practice prescribed is recitation or attentive hearing of the Purāṇa-saṃhitā (pāṭha/śravaṇa) as a Dharma-act.