Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । य इदं शृणुयात्पुत्र श्रद्धया परया युतः । धर्मारण्यस्य माहात्म्यं सर्वकिल्बिषनाशनम्

Transliteration

brahmovāca | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyātputra śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | dharmāraṇyasya māhātmyaṃ sarvakilbiṣanāśanam

Translation

Phạm Thiên nói: Này con, ai với lòng śraddhā tối thượng mà lắng nghe Mahātmya về Dharmāraṇya này, thì công đức ấy diệt trừ mọi cấu uế tội lỗi và đem lại sự thanh tịnh.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Relative clause verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• परया: supreme, great
• परया: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्—श्रद्धया

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Visheshana (Qualifier of यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• धर्मारण्यस्य: of Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object of hearing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वकिल्बिषनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वकिल्बिषनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + किल्बिष + नाशन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्—माहात्म्यम्

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (addressed) son/putra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, serene and four-faced, instructs his son with a gesture of teaching; a palm-leaf manuscript of the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya is present; in the background a sacred forest-kshetra with a tīrtha pond glimmers, suggesting purification through hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening to a kṣetra-māhātmya is itself a purifying spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is explicitly glorified as sin-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) of the Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya is prescribed.