Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अंते ब्रह्म पदप्राप्तिः सत्यंसत्यं वदाम्यहम् । एकाग्रमानसाः सर्वे वेदपाठरता द्विजाः

Transliteration

aṃte brahma padaprāptiḥ satyaṃsatyaṃ vadāmyaham | ekāgramānasāḥ sarve vedapāṭharatā dvijāḥ

Translation

അവസാനം ബ്രഹ്മപദപ്രാപ്തി ലഭിക്കുന്നു—ഇത് സത്യം, സത്യം, ഞാൻ പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു. ഏകാഗ്രമനസ്സോടെ ആ ദ്വിജന്മാർ എല്ലാവരും വേദപാഠത്തിൽ നിരതരായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (masculine, locative singular)

• brahma: Brahman
• brahma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (neuter, nominative singular)

• padaprāptiḥ: attainment of the state (of Brahman)
• padaprāptiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada + prāpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (feminine, nominative singular; ‘attainment of the state/position’)

• satyam: truth
• satyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् पुनरुक्ति (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; repeated for emphasis)

• satyam: truth (indeed)
• satyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बल (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; emphatic repetition)

• vadāmi: I say
• vadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, parasmaipada, 1st person singular)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (1st person pronoun, nominative singular)

• ekāgramānasāḥ: with concentrated minds
• ekāgramānasāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāgra + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (masculine, nominative plural; ‘single-pointed-minded’)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine, nominative plural; adjective)

• vedapāṭharatāḥ: devoted to reciting the Veda
• vedapāṭharatāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda + pāṭha + rata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (masculine, nominative plural; ‘engaged in Veda-recitation’)

• dvijāḥ: twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (masculine, nominative plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; first-person 'I' appears but not identifiable from snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of dvijas seated in a forest hermitage, chanting Veda with unwavering concentration; above them a subtle luminous expanse symbolizes Brahman-state attainment, while the narrator’s ‘satyam satyam’ is depicted as a scroll of truth-light.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman (Brahma-pada)
• Dwijas
• Veda-pāṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Concentrated Vedic discipline culminates in the highest goal—attainment of Brahman—affirmed as an assured truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is praised indirectly as the environment where one-pointed Veda practice naturally ripens into the highest attainment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

One-pointedness (ekāgratā) and steady Veda-pāṭha are upheld as the disciplined means toward the supreme goal.