Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा कथां महापुण्यां ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मांडगां शुभाम् । गुणपूर्णां सत्ययुक्तां तेन हर्षेण हर्षितः

Transliteration

śrutvā kathāṃ mahāpuṇyāṃ brahmanbrahmāṃḍagāṃ śubhām | guṇapūrṇāṃ satyayuktāṃ tena harṣeṇa harṣitaḥ

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับเรื่องราวอันมีบุญใหญ่ เป็นมงคล—โอ้พราหมณ์ ผู้แผ่ไปทั่วทั้งพรหมาณฑ์—บริบูรณ์ด้วยคุณธรรมและประกอบด้วยสัจจะ ข้าพเจ้าก็ปลาบปลื้มด้วยปีติยินดีอย่างยิ่ง

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोगः; अव्ययभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम् (having heard)

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

• महापुण्याम्: very meritorious
• महापुण्याम्: Visheshana (Adjectival to कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापुण्य (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुण्य)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कथाम्)

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• ब्रह्माण्डगाम्: going through/pertaining to the universe (brahmāṇḍa)
• ब्रह्माण्डगाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival to कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्माण्डग (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्माण्ड + ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कथाम्)

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival to कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कथाम्)

• गुणपूर्णाम्: full of virtues
• गुणपूर्णाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival to कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; गुण + पूर्ण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कथाम्)

• सत्ययुक्ताम्: joined with truth, truthful
• सत्ययुक्ताम्: Visheshana (Adjectival to कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्ययुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; सत्य + युक्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कथाम्)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हर्षेण: with joy
• हर्षेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• हर्षितः: delighted
• हर्षितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षित (प्रातिपदिक; √हृष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम्/भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; (he) delighted

Speaker

Yama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmin interlocutor (and the wider śrotṛ audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reverent listener, eyes softened with joy, hears a sage narrate an auspicious, truth-filled cosmic tale; the setting suggests a sacred forest hermitage with subtle cosmic motifs (stars/mandala) indicating ‘brahmāṇḍa-gā’ reach.

Characters & Entities

• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True and virtuous sacred narratives uplift the heart; joy arises naturally from contact with satya and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the kathā’s auspiciousness; within the chapter it supports the glorification of Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the implied sādhanā is attentive listening to dharmic narration.