Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

धर्मारण्यकथां दिव्यां पवित्रां पापनाशिनीम् । स गतोऽनुचरैः सार्द्धं ततः संयमिनीं प्रति

Transliteration

dharmāraṇyakathāṃ divyāṃ pavitrāṃ pāpanāśinīm | sa gato'nucaraiḥ sārddhaṃ tataḥ saṃyaminīṃ prati

Translation

دھرم آرنْیہ کی وہ دیویہ کتھا—جو پاکیزہ اور گناہ نाश کرنے والی ہے—حاصل کر کے، وہ خادموں کے ساتھ پھر سَیَمِنی (یم کی نگری) کی طرف روانہ ہوا۔

Word by Word

• धर्मारण्यकथाम्: the Dharmāraṇya story
• धर्मारण्यकथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मारण्य + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘धर्मारण्यस्य कथा’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पवित्राम्: pure, purifying
• पवित्राम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पापनाशिनीम्: destroying sin
• पापनाशिनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; √नश्/√नाश् (धातु) + णिनि/इनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘पापं नाशयति’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषण

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

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• अनुचरैः: with attendants
• अनुचरैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक; अनु + √चर् (धातु) + अ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सहार्थे (with attendants)

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक अव्यय (with/together)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Apadana (Source/Sequence/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (thence/thereafter)

• संयमिनीम्: Saṃyaminī (Yama’s city)
• संयमिनीम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयमिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; नगर/पुरी-नाम (Yama’s city)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-प्रत्यय (preposition) गत्यर्थे ‘towards’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma-khaṇḍa framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (kathā) / Saṃyaminī (destination)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharma travels with attendants along a road toward Saṃyaminī; the atmosphere is austere yet purified by a luminous scroll-like aura representing the ‘divyā kathā’; the city ahead appears orderly, guarded, and restrained.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Yama
• Saṃyaminī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic remembrance and hearing of sacred kathā is itself a purifier that destroys sin and reorients one toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃyaminī is mentioned as Yama’s city; it is a mythic/otherworldly locale rather than a terrestrial pilgrimage site in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is given; the kathā is praised as inherently purifying (pavitrā, pāpa-nāśinī).