Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते । अत्रैकं भोजयेद्विप्रं यो नरो भक्तिसंयुतः

Transliteration

sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate | atraikaṃ bhojayedvipraṃ yo naro bhaktisaṃyutaḥ

Translation

เมื่อพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวงแล้ว ย่อมได้รับการยกย่องในพรหมโลก ณ ที่นี้ ผู้ใดประกอบด้วยภักติและเลี้ยงอาหารแม้เพียงพราหมณ์หนึ่งคน ผู้นั้นย่อมได้บุญอันสูงส่งนี้

Word by Word

• सर्व-पाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्व-पाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच् धातोः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘विनिर्मुक्त’ = freed; विशेषणम् (नरस्य)

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahma-loka
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative singular

• महीयते: is honored, is glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — Present, 3rd person singular (Ātmanepada); कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः ‘is honored/glorified’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — adverb of place

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular; विशेषणम् (विप्रम्)

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) — Optative, 3rd person singular; ‘should cause to eat/feed’

• विप्रम्: a Brahmin
• विप्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular; यः इत्यस्य विशेष्यः

• भक्ति-संयुतः: endowed with devotion
• भक्ति-संयुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + सं-युत (कृदन्त; युज् धातोः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘संयुत’ = endowed; विशेषणम् (नरस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in the Setu kṣetra offers a respectful meal to a brāhmaṇa after ritual bathing; the brāhmaṇa blesses him; a subtle celestial backdrop hints at Brahmaloka honor.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity—especially feeding a worthy brāhmaṇa at a tīrtha—purifies sin and leads to exalted posthumous honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region tīrtha under discussion in Adhyāya 30, associated with Dhanuskoṭi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhojana-dāna: feeding even one brāhmaṇa with devotion at the sacred place.