Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मं पुराणं तत्राद्यं संहितायां विभूषितम् । श्लोकानां दशसाहस्रं नानापुण्यकथायुतम्

Transliteration

brāhmaṃ purāṇaṃ tatrādyaṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vibhūṣitam | ślokānāṃ daśasāhasraṃ nānāpuṇyakathāyutam

Translation

وہاں برہما پُران کو سب سے پہلا قرار دیا گیا ہے—ایک مکمل سنہتا کی صورت میں آراستہ۔ اس میں دس ہزار شلوک ہیں اور یہ گوناگوں پُنّیہ بخش حکایات سے بھرپور ہے۔

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मम्: Brāhma (Brahma-related)
• ब्राह्मम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brāhma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (used as name/epithet)

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• तत्र: there/among them
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक ("there/among them")

• आद्यम्: the first
• आद्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन ("first")

• संहितायाम्: in the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (locative singular)

• विभूषितम्: adorned/embellished
• विभूषितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-bhūṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (past passive participle: "adorned")

• श्लोकानाम्: of verses
• श्लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• दशसाहस्रम्: ten thousand
• दशसाहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; द्विगु-समास ("ten thousand")

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् विशेषण (indeclinable adjective: "various")

• पुण्यकथायुतम्: endowed with holy narratives
• पुण्यकथायुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya + kathā + yuta (प्रातिपदिक; क्तवतु-आधारित विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ("endowed with holy stories"; yuta = "joined with")

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti), addressing Śaunaka and the sages (deduced from Revākhaṇḍa opening context and direct address in nearby verses)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣisattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator reverently introduces the Brāhma Purāṇa as first; a symbolic manuscript is shown as ‘adorned’—wrapped in cloth, placed on a pedestal, with offerings of flowers and incense.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhma Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas are not merely texts of information; they are structured compendia meant to transmit dharma through merit-producing sacred narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a catalog-style statement about Purāṇic literature within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes the puṇya-bearing nature of Purāṇic kathā rather than prescribing a specific vrata, dāna, or snāna.