Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ये श्रावयंति मनुजान्पुण्यां पौराणिकीं कथाम् । कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं तिष्ठंति ब्रह्मणः पदम्

Transliteration

ye śrāvayaṃti manujānpuṇyāṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām | kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ tiṣṭhaṃti brahmaṇaḥ padam

Translation

ผู้ใดทำให้ชนทั้งหลายได้ฟังกถาปุราณะอันเป็นบุญ ย่อมสถิตอยู่ ณ พรหมโลก คือพรหมปท ตลอดกาลเต็มหนึ่งร้อยโกฏิกัลป์

Word by Word

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• श्रावयन्ति: cause to hear / recite to
• श्रावयन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• मनुजान्: people
• मनुजान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म

• पुण्याम्: meritorious/holy
• पुण्याम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'कथाम्' इति विशेषणम्

• पौराणिकीम्: Puranic
• पौराणिकीम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौराणिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'कथाम्' इति विशेषणम्

• कथाम्: story/discourse
• कथाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (what is recited)

• कल्प-कोटि-शतम्: a hundred crores of kalpas
• कल्प-कोटि-शतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुषसमासः (कल्पानां कोटयः, तासां शतम्); कालपरिमाण-कर्म

• साग्रम्: with an additional part (and more)
• साग्रम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'कल्प-कोटि-शतम्' इति विशेषणम्; स+अग्र (with an excess)

• तिष्ठन्ति: they remain/abide
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (goal/state)

Speaker

Narrator of the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmaloka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A patron arranges a Purāṇic discourse: canopy, lamps, water pots, and seating; townspeople gather to listen. Above, a luminous Brahmaloka with Brahmā on a lotus-throne welcomes the patron with garlands, indicating long residence.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Enabling others to hear Purāṇa-kathā is a high merit-bearing service that yields exalted post-mortem states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the verse glorifies the act of propagating Purāṇic hearing itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāvaṇa-sevā: arranging or facilitating the hearing of Purāṇic discourse for others.