Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

उत्सवास्तत्र जायंते ग्रामेग्रामे पुरेपुरे । नाना यज्ञाः प्रवर्तंते नानाधर्मसमाश्रिताः

Transliteration

utsavāstatra jāyaṃte grāmegrāme purepure | nānā yajñāḥ pravartaṃte nānādharmasamāśritāḥ

Translation

هناك تنشأ الأعياد في كل قرية وفي كل مدينة. وتُقام أنواع شتّى من اليَجْنَا (القرابين)، قائمة على صور متعددة من الدَّهَرْما.

Word by Word

• उत्सवाः: festivals
• उत्सवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')

• जायन्ते: are born/arise
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• ग्रामे: in a village
• ग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ग्रामे: in (each) village
• ग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरे: in a town/city
• पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरे: in (each) town
• पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विशेषणार्थे (indeclinable used adjectivally: 'various')

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices/rituals
• यज्ञाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रवर्तन्ते: proceed/are undertaken
• प्रवर्तन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विशेषणार्थे (indeclinable used adjectivally: 'various')

• धर्म: dharma, duties
• धर्म: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (stem form; compound member)

• समाश्रिताः: having resorted to/grounded in
• समाश्रिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ√श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Vyāsa (narrative context; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred region alive with simultaneous festivals: processions, banners, lamps, conch-sounds, and multiple yajña-vedīs smoking with offerings; villagers and city-dwellers participating in diverse dharmic observances.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A truly sacred region naturally nurtures public dharma—festivals, yajñas, and righteous conduct flourish as a collective way of life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the wider sacred region of Dharmāraṇya (Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra) as a dharma-generating landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It highlights the undertaking of various yajñas and dharmic observances, without naming a single specific rite.