Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

य इदं शृणुयान्मर्त्यः सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । स मुक्तः पातकैः सर्वैर्ब्रह्मलोकं च गच्छति

Transliteration

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānmartyaḥ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvairbrahmalokaṃ ca gacchati

Translation

ผู้ใดเป็นมนุษย์ได้ฟังเรื่องนี้ด้วยศรัทธาอันถูกต้อง ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง และไปถึงพรหมโลก

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रद्धया समन्वितः)

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

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पातकैः: from sins (lit. by sins)
• पातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahma-loka
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual conclusion of Māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (māhātmya-śravaṇa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gathered assembly of pilgrims listens with folded hands as the māhātmya is recited near Brahmakuṇḍa; a subtle radiance suggests sins dissolving and a vision of Brahmaloka opening above.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening (śravaṇa) to the Māhātmya purifies sin and leads to higher spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (the sacred region of Prabhāsa) as praised in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the sacred account with proper faith; no separate rite is specified in this verse.