Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84
Devanagari script
सत्कथाश्रवणादेव जाता ते मतिरीदृशी । इंद्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यं पश्चात्तापो महानभूत्
Transliteration
satkathāśravaṇādeva jātā te matirīdṛśī | iṃdriyārtheṣu vairāgyaṃ paścāttāpo mahānabhūt
Translation
“仅仅听闻真实而神圣的法语，你便生起了如此的觉悟；对诸感官境界的离欲出现了，并且生出了深重的悔恨。”
Word by Word
सत्कथाश्रवणात्from hearing good stories
सत्कथाश्रवणात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootसत् + कथा + श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; ‘सत्कथायाः श्रवणम्’ (hearing of good discourse)
एवindeed
एव:
Avadharana (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)
जाताarisen
जाता:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootजात (कृदन्त; √जन् धातु, क्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (born/arisen)
तेyour / for you
ते:
Sambandha (Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
मतिःunderstanding, intellect
मतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ईदृशीsuch (of this kind)
ईदृशी:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
इन्द्रियार्थेषुin sense-objects
इन्द्रियार्थेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; ‘इन्द्रियाणाम् अर्थाः’ (objects of the senses)
वैराग्यम्dispassion
वैराग्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पश्चात्तापःrepentance
पश्चात्तापः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपश्चात्ताप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
महान्great
महान्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अभूत्arose / became
अभूत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Brāhmaṇa (unnamed)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The listener’s face shows softened remorse and clarity; sense-objects (wine, ornaments, dice, etc.) lie discarded to one side, while the guru’s words ‘enter the heart’.
FAQs
Hearing authentic sacred narratives can directly awaken discernment, detachment from sensuality, and purifying remorse.
No site is explicitly mentioned; the verse praises the transformative merit of sat-kathā itself.
The implied practice is sat-kathā-śravaṇa (listening to sacred discourse), presented as a powerful spiritual discipline.