Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । साधुसाधु महाप्राज्ञ धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिर । यस्य संकीर्तनान्नूनं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | sādhusādhu mahāprājña dharmaputra yudhiṣṭhira | yasya saṃkīrtanānnūnaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

ବ୍ୟାସ କହିଲେ—ସାଧୁ, ସାଧୁ! ହେ ମହାପ୍ରାଜ୍ଞ ଧର୍ମପୁତ୍ର ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର, ତୁମେ ଉତ୍ତମ ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ କରିଛ। ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ତାହାର ସଂକୀର୍ତ୍ତନ ମାତ୍ରେ ସମସ୍ତ ପାପରୁ ମୁକ୍ତି ମିଳେ।

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• साधु: well done!
• साधु: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: प्रशंसार्थक-निपात (interjection)

• साधु: well done!
• साधु: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: प्रशंसार्थक-निपात (repetition for emphasis)

• महाप्राज्ञ: O greatly wise one
• महाप्राज्ञ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + प्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् प्राज्ञः)

• धर्मपुत्र: O son of Dharma
• धर्मपुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य पुत्रः)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (whose/of which)

• संकीर्तनात्: from (the act of) praising/chanting
• संकीर्तनात्: Apadana (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (from/by means of)

• नूनम्: certainly
• नूनम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निश्चयार्थक (certainly)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘is released’

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed saras/tīrtha in Dharmāraṇyaka

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa blesses Yudhiṣṭhira’s question, raising a hand in approval; a subtle aura around the sage; the lake’s sanctity suggested through light over the water—emphasis on spoken word as purifier.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dharma (as Yudhiṣṭhira’s divine father)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even remembrance and praise of a holy tīrtha can purify—saṃkīrtana itself is a dharmic purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same renowned sarovara of Dharmāraṇya, whose praise is said to destroy sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃkīrtana—glorifying/reciting the tīrtha’s greatness—is presented as a means of purification.