Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

स याति मुक्तिं विप्रेंद्राः पुनरावृत्तिवर्जिताम्

Transliteration

sa yāti muktiṃ vipreṃdrāḥ punarāvṛttivarjitām

Translation

—ผู้นั้น โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐทั้งหลาย ย่อมบรรลุโมกษะ อันปราศจากการเวียนกลับมาเกิดอีก

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अन्वय-कर्ता (he)

• yāti: attains
• yāti: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (goes/attains)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object attained)

• viprendrāḥ: O best brāhmaṇas
• viprendrāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे कर्मधारय-प्राय: ‘विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः’ (O best of brāhmaṇas)

• punarāvṛtti-varjitām: free from return (rebirth)
• punarāvṛtti-varjitām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: punar (अव्यय) + āvṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √vṛj/√varj)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘पुनरावृत्त्या वर्जिता’ (devoid of return/rebirth) विशेषण मुक्तेः

Speaker

Sūta (continuation of phalaśruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukhaṇḍa phalaśruti

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The recitation concludes; a luminous path opens upward symbolizing apunarāvṛtti; the listener’s mind is shown as a calm lake, reflecting a radiant, formless liberation beyond return.

Characters & Entities

• vipreṃdras (foremost brāhmaṇas)
• mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional engagement with the Māhātmya—through listening or recitation—can culminate in mokṣa, the highest Purāṇic aim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liberation-fruit is tied to the Setukhaṇḍa chapter praising Lakṣmaṇa-saras/Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha and the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit continuation: attain this fruit through attentive recitation/hearing of the chapter.