Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

राजोवाच । अहो सत्संगमः पुंसामशेषाघप्रशोधनः । कामक्रोधनिहंता च इष्टदोग्धा जनस्य हि

Transliteration

rājovāca | aho satsaṃgamaḥ puṃsāmaśeṣāghapraśodhanaḥ | kāmakrodhanihaṃtā ca iṣṭadogdhā janasya hi

Translation

พระราชาตรัสว่า โอ้หนอ! การคบหาสัตบุรุษชำระบาปทั้งปวงของมนุษย์ให้สิ้นไป ทำลายกามและโทสะ และแท้จริงย่อมประทานผลอันเป็นที่ปรารถนาแก่ผู้คน

Word by Word

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अहो: ah! oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamatory)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aho (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मयादिबोधक निपात (exclamation)

• सत्संगमः: company of the good
• सत्संगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat-saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक: sat + saṅgama)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सतां संगमः)

• पुंसाम्: of men/people
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃs (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अशेषाघप्रशोधनः: purifier of all sins
• अशेषाघप्रशोधनः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa-agha-praśodhana (प्रातिपदिक: aśeṣa + agha + praśodhana)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (अशेषाणाम् अघानां प्रशोधनः) विशेषण (सत्संगमः)

• कामक्रोधनिहंता: destroyer of desire and anger
• कामक्रोधनिहंता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma-krodha-nihaṃtṛ (प्रातिपदिक: kāma + krodha + nihaṃtṛ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कामं क्रोधं च निहन्ति) विशेषण (सत्संगमः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• इष्टदोग्धा: one that yields the desired (boons)
• इष्टदोग्धा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣṭa-dogdhṛ (प्रातिपदिक: iṣṭa + dogdhṛ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (इष्टं दोग्धि/दुग्धे इति) विशेषण (सत्संगमः)

• जनस्य: for/of people
• जनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

Speaker

The King (Rājā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sat-saṅga (conceptual tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, eyes softened, praises satsanga before the sage—depicting inner cleansing and the taming of passions through holy company.

Characters & Entities

• sat-saṅga (holy company)
• kāma
• krodha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sat-saṅga is presented as a powerful purifier that reforms character by removing desire and anger and leading to auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named; the verse teaches a universal dharmic principle applicable at any tīrtha or sacred assembly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the practical injunction is to seek sat-saṅga as a transformative spiritual discipline.