Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। व्यास उवाच । श्रूयतां नृपशार्दूल कथां पौराणिकीं शुभाम् । यां श्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

| vyāsa uvāca | śrūyatāṃ nṛpaśārdūla kathāṃ paurāṇikīṃ śubhām | yāṃ śrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

พระฤๅษีวยาสกล่าวว่า: ดูก่อนราชาผู้ประเสริฐ จงฟังเรื่องราวในปุราณะอันเป็นมงคลนี้ การได้ฟังเรื่องนี้จะทำให้หลุดพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง เรื่องนี้ไม่มีข้อสงสัยเลย

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रूयताम्: let (it) be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive); परस्मैपद; आज्ञार्थः (‘let it be heard’)

• नृपशार्दूल: O tiger among kings
• नृपशार्दूल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (नृपः एव शार्दूलः)

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

• पौराणिकीम्: purāṇic, traditional
• पौराणिकीम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौराणिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कथाम्)

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कथाम्)

• याम्: which (story)
• याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (gerund/absolutive)

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive); आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśārdūla (a king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa as narrator addressing a king seated respectfully; a small assembly of sages; palm-leaf manuscripts; the atmosphere is auspicious, as if a vrata of listening begins.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to Purāṇic dharma-kathā is itself a purifying practice that destroys sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it introduces the Dharmāraṇya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing (śravaṇa) the sacred Purāṇic narrative is presented as a meritorious practice.