Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यः शृणोति कथां रम्यां पुराणैः समुदीरिताम् । स निस्तरति संसारं दग्ध्वा कर्ममहाटवीम्

Transliteration

yaḥ śṛṇoti kathāṃ ramyāṃ purāṇaiḥ samudīritām | sa nistarati saṃsāraṃ dagdhvā karmamahāṭavīm

Translation

ผู้ใดสดับเรื่องราวอันรื่นรมย์ซึ่งปุราณะทั้งหลายประกาศไว้ ผู้นั้นย่อมข้ามพ้นสังสารวัฏ โดยเผาผลาญพงไพรอันกว้างใหญ่แห่งกรรมให้มอดไหม้

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• शृणोति: listens
• शृणोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कथाम्: story
• कथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• रम्याम्: delightful
• रम्याम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुराणैः: by the Purāṇas
• पुराणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• समुदीरिताम्: proclaimed/expounded
• समुदीरिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उद् + ईर् (धातु) → समुदीरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

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

• निस्तरति: crosses over, is delivered
• निस्तरति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निः + तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संसारम्: worldly existence
• संसारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दग्ध्वा: having burned
• दग्ध्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु) → दग्ध्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• कर्ममहाटवीम्: the great forest of karma
• कर्ममहाटवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् + महा + अटवी (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; (कर्मणः महा-अटवी) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, अन्तर्गत-कर्मधारय (महा-अटवी)

Speaker

Narrator/Teacher within Brahmottara Khaṇḍa (contextual; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Purāṇa-kathā-śravaṇa (ramyā kathā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee listens to Purāṇic narration; behind him a dark, tangled forest labeled ‘karma’ is shown catching fire and turning to ash, while a luminous path opens toward a calm horizon beyond saṃsāra.

Characters & Entities

• Purāṇas
• Saṃsāra
• Karma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening to Purāṇic sacred narrative is presented as a liberating force that consumes karmic accumulation and carries one beyond saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse highlights the salvific efficacy of Purāṇic kathā itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The recommended act is śravaṇa—listening to the Purāṇically expounded kathā.