Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । य इदं शृणुयात्पुत्र श्रद्धया परया युतः । धर्मारण्यस्य माहात्म्यं सर्वकिल्बिषनाशनम्

Transliteration

brahmovāca | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyātputra śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | dharmāraṇyasya māhātmyaṃ sarvakilbiṣanāśanam

Translation

ବ୍ରହ୍ମା କହିଲେ—ବତ୍ସ, ଯେ ପରମ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାରେ ଯୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ ଧର୍ମାରଣ୍ୟର ସର୍ବ ପାପନାଶକ ମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ ଶୁଣେ, ସେ ପବିତ୍ରତା ପାଏ।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Relative clause verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• परया: supreme, great
• परया: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्—श्रद्धया

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Visheshana (Qualifier of यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• धर्मारण्यस्य: of Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object of hearing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वकिल्बिषनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वकिल्बिषनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + किल्बिष + नाशन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्—माहात्म्यम्

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (addressed) son/putra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, serene and four-faced, instructs his son with a gesture of teaching; a palm-leaf manuscript of the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya is present; in the background a sacred forest-kshetra with a tīrtha pond glimmers, suggesting purification through hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening to a kṣetra-māhātmya is itself a purifying spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is explicitly glorified as sin-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) of the Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya is prescribed.