Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तदद्य फलितं पुण्यं यत्किंचित्प्राग्भवार्जितम् । अतो निर्मनुजारण्ये संप्राप्तस्तव संगमः

Transliteration

tadadya phalitaṃ puṇyaṃ yatkiṃcitprāgbhavārjitam | ato nirmanujāraṇye saṃprāptastava saṃgamaḥ

Translation

ดังนั้นวันนี้บุญนั้น—ไม่ว่าข้าพเจ้าจะสั่งสมไว้ในภพก่อนเพียงใด—ได้ออกผลแล้ว; เพราะฉะนั้นในป่าอันไร้ผู้คนนี้ ข้าพเจ้าจึงได้พบและได้อยู่ร่วมกับท่าน

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today/now)

• फलितम्: has borne fruit
• फलितम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फलित (फल्/फल धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: which)

• किंचित्: some (merit)
• किंचित्: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित (some)

• प्राक्-भव-अर्जितम्: earned in a previous birth
• प्राक्-भव-अर्जितम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय) + भव (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (अर्ज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पूर्वकाल/पूर्वभव-निर्देश); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'पूर्वभवे अर्जितम्'

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (therefore)

• निर्मनुज-अरण्ये: in the uninhabited forest
• निर्मनुज-अरण्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्मनुज (निर् + मनुज) + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('निर्मनुजम् अरण्यम्' = manless forest); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• संप्राप्तः: has been obtained/has occurred
• संप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सङ्गमः: meeting/association
• सङ्गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmarākṣasa addressing the yogin/brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nirmanuṣyāraṇya (as described)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet, unpeopled forest clearing where the speaker meets the yogin; the atmosphere suggests destiny fulfilled—past-life merit blossoming into present satsanga.

Characters & Entities

• Puṇya
• Satsaṅga
• Araṇya (forest)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit from past lives can manifest as a providential meeting with a saint, which becomes the doorway to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the setting is a secluded forest (araṇya), a classic Purāṇic space for tapas and spiritual encounter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse points to the spiritual value of solitude and holy company.