Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सद्ग्रामे सुजनाकीर्णे सुक्षेत्रे देवतालये । पुण्ये नदनदीतीरे वदेत्पुण्यकथां सुधीः

Transliteration

sadgrāme sujanākīrṇe sukṣetre devatālaye | puṇye nadanadītīre vadetpuṇyakathāṃ sudhīḥ

Translation

Trong ngôi làng lành thiện đầy người hiền đức, nơi thánh địa hay khu vực linh thiêng, trong đền thờ chư thiên, và trên bờ sông suối phúc lành—bậc trí giả nên thuyết giảng thánh truyện công đức.

Word by Word

• सद्ग्रामे: in a good village
• सद्ग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• सुजनाकीर्णे: filled with good people
• सुजनाकीर्णे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुजन (प्रातिपदिक) + आकीर्ण (कृदन्त; √कॄ/कीर् ‘to scatter, strew’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the स्थान)

• सुक्षेत्रे: in a good/holy place
• सुक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्/सु (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• देवतालये: in a temple (abode of deities)
• देवतालये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• पुण्ये: in a sacred (place)
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the place)

• नदनदीतीरे: on the bank of rivers and streams
• नदनदीतीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नद (प्रातिपदिक) + नदी (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• वदेत्: should speak/recite
• वदेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुण्यकथाम्: a sacred story/discourse
• पुण्यकथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• सुधीः: a wise person
• सुधीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + धी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

Speaker

Narratorial Purāṇic voice (context not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned kathāvācaka seated on a vyāsapīṭha in a temple courtyard near a riverbank; virtuous villagers gathered, lamps and incense, the river flowing in the background.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇa-kathā flourishes in sacred geography—temples, holy communities, and riverbanks—where dharma and devotion naturally support the listener.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single named tīrtha; the verse praises tīrtha-like settings broadly—temples and sacred riverbanks.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prescribes appropriate venues: a temple, a holy place, a virtuous settlement, or a meritorious riverbank.