Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अथर्वणमपि तत्र पठंति स्म दिवानिशम् । वेदनिर्घोषजः शब्दस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

atharvaṇamapi tatra paṭhaṃti sma divāniśam | vedanirghoṣajaḥ śabdastrailokye sacarācare

Translation

وكانوا هناك يتلون أيضاً الأتهرفا(فيدا) ليلاً ونهاراً. وكان الصوت المنبعث من إعلان الفيدات يدوّي في العوالم الثلاثة، في كل ما يتحرّك وما يسكن.

Word by Word

• अथर्वणम्: the Atharva(veda)
• अथर्वणम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (अथर्ववेदः)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (also)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• पठन्ति: recite
• पठन्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• स्म: used to
• स्म: Sambandha (Aspect marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: भूतार्थे अव्यय (past-habitual marker)

• दिवा-निशम्: day and night
• दिवा-निशम्: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा + निशा (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb)

• वेदनिर्घोषजः: born from the Vedic chant
• वेदनिर्घोषजः: Karta/Visheṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘शब्दः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + निर्घोष + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः पञ्चमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (वेद-निर्घोषात् जातः / वेदस्य निर्घोषात् जातः)

• शब्दः: sound
• शब्दः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगुसमास (त्रीणि लोकानि = त्रैलोक्यम्)

• सचराचरे: with all moving and unmoving beings
• सचराचरे: Adhikarana (Qualifier of location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (चर + अचर) ‘moving and unmoving’; उपपद ‘स-’ = सहित (with)

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Day and night, Atharva recitation continues; waves of luminous sound radiate from the forest-kshetra, reaching heavens, earth, and nether realms, touching beings that move and those that do not.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Atharvaveda
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic sound is portrayed as a cosmic purifier—upholding harmony across all realms of existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed sacred locale is glorified through its continuous Vedic recitation, marking it as a dharma-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous recitation of the Atharvaveda and the Vedas (divā-niśam) is presented as the sustaining sacred practice.