Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अनुज्ञातस्तदा तेन गतोऽसौ यमशासनम् । पितामहप्रसादाच्च श्रुत्वा पुण्यप्रदायिनीम्

Transliteration

anujñātastadā tena gato'sau yamaśāsanam | pitāmahaprasādācca śrutvā puṇyapradāyinīm

Translation

അവന്റെ അനുവാദം ലഭിച്ച ശേഷം അവൻ യമന്റെ ശാസനസ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് പോയി; പിതാമഹന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ പുണ്യപ്രദായിനിയായ കഥ ശ്രവിച്ച് മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• अनुज्ञातः: having been permitted
• अनुज्ञातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + √ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), ‘permitted’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by him)

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘gone’

• असौ: that one (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यमशासनम्: Yama’s realm/command (Yama’s abode)
• यमशासनम्: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘यमस्य शासनम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• पितामहप्रसादात्: from/through the grandsire’s grace
• पितामहप्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ‘पितामहस्य प्रसादः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; हेतौ/अपादाने

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘having heard’

• पुण्यप्रदायिनीम्: bestowing merit
• पुण्यप्रदायिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + प्रदायिनी (प्रातिपदिक; प्र + √दा (धातु) + णिनि/इनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘पुण्यं प्रददाति’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषण (कथाम्/वाच्यम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma-khaṇḍa framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃyaminī (Yama’s city)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā grants leave with a blessing gesture; Dharma turns toward a distant, austere city of Yama—dark gates, orderly guards—yet he carries a luminous aura from the puṇya-pradā kathā.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Brahmā
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual progress is supported by divine permission and grace, and sacred hearing (śravaṇa) becomes a direct cause of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to Yama’s realm (Yamaśāsana) as a narrative locale, not a pilgrimage tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) of the merit-giving narrative is highlighted as the effective spiritual act.