Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तत्रासीनः सभामध्ये सर्वलोकैकपूजिते नानाकथाः श्रुतास्तत्र धर्म्मवर्गसमन्विताः

Transliteration

tatrāsīnaḥ sabhāmadhye sarvalokaikapūjite nānākathāḥ śrutāstatra dharmmavargasamanvitāḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น เขานั่งอยู่ท่ามกลางสภา—เป็นที่สักการะของโลกทั้งปวง—และได้สดับถ้อยคำมากมาย อันประกอบด้วยหมวดหมู่แห่งธรรมะ

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• आसीनः: seated
• आसीनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) कर्तरि, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सभा-मध्ये: in the middle of the assembly
• सभा-मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सभायाः मध्ये)

• सर्वलोकैकपूजिते: (in the place) revered by all worlds
• सर्वलोकैकपूजिते: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वलोकैः एकतया पूजिते/सर्वलोकैः पूजिते)

• नाना-कथाः: various stories
• नाना-कथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (नानाविधाः कथाः)

• श्रुताः: were heard
• श्रुताः: Kriya/Predicate (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• धर्मवर्ग-समन्विताः: endowed with the categories of dharma
• धर्मवर्ग-समन्विताः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (धर्मवर्गेण समन्विताः)

Speaker

Dharmarāja (continuing narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand celestial sabhā: Brahmā presiding, sages and devas seated; Dharmarāja sits among them, listening to varied dharma narratives; the hall glows with Vedic radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is learned through sacred discourse (kathā); listening in a sanctified assembly is itself a purifying practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Brahmā’s revered assembly (a celestial sabhā), not a named earthly pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) to dharma-filled kathā.