Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ये महापातकैर्युक्ता उपपातकिनश्च ये । पुराणश्रवणादेव ते यांति परमं पदम्

Transliteration

ye mahāpātakairyuktā upapātakinaśca ye | purāṇaśravaṇādeva te yāṃti paramaṃ padam

Translation

മഹാപാതകങ്ങളിൽ ലിപ്തരുമായും ഉപപാതകികളുമായവരും പോലും, പുരാണശ്രവണമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ പരമപദം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• महापातकैः: with great sins
• महापातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• युक्ताः: endowed/associated
• युक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuj (धातु) → yukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे (past passive participle)

• उपपातकिनः: minor-sinners (upapātakins)
• उपपातकिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upa-pātakin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• पुराणश्रवणात्: from hearing the Purāṇa
• पुराणश्रवणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa-śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (emphatic particle)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator of the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn recitation assembly: a seated narrator with palm-leaf manuscript, listeners of mixed backgrounds (including visibly remorseful sinners) receiving a luminous, cleansing radiance symbolizing pāpa-kṣaya and ‘parama pada’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇa-śravaṇa is presented as a powerful purifier capable of lifting even grave moral burdens toward the highest goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse glorifies the salvific power of Purāṇic hearing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to Purāṇa recitation as a purificatory practice.