Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

धर्मारण्यकथां दिव्यां पवित्रां पापनाशिनीम् । स गतोऽनुचरैः सार्द्धं ततः संयमिनीं प्रति

Transliteration

dharmāraṇyakathāṃ divyāṃ pavitrāṃ pāpanāśinīm | sa gato'nucaraiḥ sārddhaṃ tataḥ saṃyaminīṃ prati

Translation

Setelah menerima kisah Dharmāraṇya yang ilahi—suci dan memusnahkan dosa—dia pun pergi bersama para pengiring menuju Saṃyaminī, kota Yama.

Word by Word

• धर्मारण्यकथाम्: the Dharmāraṇya story
• धर्मारण्यकथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मारण्य + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘धर्मारण्यस्य कथा’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पवित्राम्: pure, purifying
• पवित्राम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पापनाशिनीम्: destroying sin
• पापनाशिनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; √नश्/√नाश् (धातु) + णिनि/इनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘पापं नाशयति’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषण

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

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

• अनुचरैः: with attendants
• अनुचरैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक; अनु + √चर् (धातु) + अ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सहार्थे (with attendants)

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक अव्यय (with/together)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Apadana (Source/Sequence/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (thence/thereafter)

• संयमिनीम्: Saṃyaminī (Yama’s city)
• संयमिनीम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयमिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; नगर/पुरी-नाम (Yama’s city)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-प्रत्यय (preposition) गत्यर्थे ‘towards’

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (kathā) / Saṃyaminī (destination)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharma travels with attendants along a road toward Saṃyaminī; the atmosphere is austere yet purified by a luminous scroll-like aura representing the ‘divyā kathā’; the city ahead appears orderly, guarded, and restrained.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Yama
• Saṃyaminī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic remembrance and hearing of sacred kathā is itself a purifier that destroys sin and reorients one toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃyaminī is mentioned as Yama’s city; it is a mythic/otherworldly locale rather than a terrestrial pilgrimage site in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is given; the kathā is praised as inherently purifying (pavitrā, pāpa-nāśinī).