Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

इतिहासं महापुण्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । सुतीक्ष्णनामा विप्रेंद्रो मुनिर्नियतमानसः

Transliteration

itihāsaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | sutīkṣṇanāmā vipreṃdro munirniyatamānasaḥ

Translation

นี่คืออิติหาสะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ยิ่ง มีบุญใหญ่ ทำลายบาปทั้งปวง มีมุนีพราหมณ์ผู้เลิศนามว่า สุทีักษณะ ผู้มีจิตตั้งมั่นในวินัยและสำรวม

Word by Word

• इतिहासम्: history; sacred narrative
• इतिहासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular

• महापुण्यम्: greatly meritorious
• महापुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापुण्य (प्रातिपदिक: महा + पुण्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective agreeing with इतिहासम्

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपातकनाशन (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + पातक + नाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective agreeing with इतिहासम्

• सुतीक्ष्णनामा: (one) named Sutīkṣṇa
• सुतीक्ष्णनामा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतीक्ष्ण-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; नामन्-शब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; bahuvrīhi-like usage ‘having the name Sutīkṣṇa’ (नामन्-प्रातिपदिक)

• विप्रेन्द्रः: chief of Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक: विप्र + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नियतमानसः: with disciplined mind
• नियतमानसः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत-मानस (प्रातिपदिक: नियत + मानस)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective qualifying मुनिः/विप्रेन्द्रः

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene ascetic introduction: Sutīkṣṇa, a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage with controlled mind, seated in contemplation as the sacred history begins in the Setu region.

Characters & Entities

• Sutīkṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred histories are presented as intrinsically purifying, and saintly exemplars model disciplined life for seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces the itihāsa; the associated tīrtha-context is developed in the surrounding Rāma-tīrtha/Raghunātha-saras narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual here; it introduces a purifying narrative and the sage Sutīkṣṇa.