Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमार उवाच । श्रुतास्ते भगवन्धर्मास्त्वन्मुखान्मुक्तिहेतवः । यैर्मुक्तपापा मनुजास्तरिष्यंति भवार्णवम्

Transliteration

sanatkumāra uvāca | śrutāste bhagavandharmāstvanmukhānmuktihetavaḥ | yairmuktapāpā manujāstariṣyaṃti bhavārṇavam

Translation

萨那特库玛罗说：“主啊，我已从你亲口听闻那些法——解脱之因；凭此，人们洗净罪垢，必能渡过轮回生死之海。”

Word by Word

• sanat-kumāraḥ: Sanatkumāra
• sanat-kumāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanat (प्रातिपदिक) + kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• śrutāḥ: heard
• śrutāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śruta (कृदन्त; √śru/श्रु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘धर्माः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• te: by you/your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-रूपम्; अत्र षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचनम् (सम्बोधनार्थे ‘भगवन्’ सह)

• bhagavan: O Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (भगवत्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• dharmāḥ: dharmas
• dharmāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (धर्म) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• tvat-mukhāt: from your mouth
• tvat-mukhāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (त्वद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (मुख) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative), एकवचनम्

• mukti-hetavaḥ: causes of liberation
• mukti-hetavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; ‘dharmāḥ’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• yaiḥ: by which
• yaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• mukta-pāpāḥ: freed from sins
• mukta-pāpāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (कृदन्त; √muc/मुच्, क्त) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; ‘manujāḥ’ इति विशेषणम्

• manujāḥ: men/humans
• manujāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (मनुज) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• tariṣyanti: will cross
• tariṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṝ (तॄ)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• bhava-arṇavam: the ocean of worldly existence
• bhava-arṇavam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sanatkumāra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhagavān Rudra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sanatkumāra speaks with folded hands, acknowledging Rudra’s teachings as liberation-causes; behind them, a symbolic ocean of saṃsāra with a small boat/ford motif suggests crossing through dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Sanatkumāra
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Mukti
• Bhavārṇava (ocean of saṃsāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma taught by the Lord functions as a direct means to liberation, removing sin and enabling transcendence of saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the focus is liberation through Śiva’s instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not specified here; it refers generally to dharmas that purify sin and lead to mokṣa.