Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

आरण्यकमधीत्यापि बाणसाम्नोरपि ध्वनौ । अनध्यायेषु चैतेषु चाधीयीत न वै क्वचित्

Transliteration

āraṇyakamadhītyāpi bāṇasāmnorapi dhvanau | anadhyāyeṣu caiteṣu cādhīyīta na vai kvacit

Translation

ولو كان المرء يدرس أقسام الآرانياكا (Āraṇyaka)، ولو سُمِع دويُّ السهام وصخبُ القتال—ففي أوقات «أنادهيايا» (anadhyāya) لا ينبغي أن يُدرَس شيءٌ قط، في أي مكان.

Word by Word

• आरण्यकम्: the Āraṇyaka (text)
• आरण्यकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरण्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘Āraṇyaka’ (Vedic text)

• अधीत्य: having studied
• अधीत्य: Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); धातु: इ (गत्यर्थ) उपसर्ग: अधि; अर्थः ‘having studied/recited’

• अपि: even if
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• बाणसाम्नोः: of (the sounds of) arrow and sāman-chant
• बाणसाम्नोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण + सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; समासः द्वन्द्वः—बाणं च साम च (सामन्) = बाणसाम्नी; तयोः षष्ठी-द्विवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• ध्वनौ: at the sound/noise
• ध्वनौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• अनध्यायेषु: in times of non-study
• अनध्यायेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; ‘anadhyāya’ = time of non-study

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एतेषु: in these
• एतेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘in these’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अधीयीत: should study
• अधीयीत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), एकवचन; धातु: इ (अध्ययनार्थे) उपसर्ग: अधि; अर्थः ‘should study/recite’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• क्वचित्: anywhere/ever
• क्वचित्: Desha/Kaala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: anywhere/ever)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hermitage at the edge of a battlefield: arrows whistle in the distance; a student rolls up a manuscript, guru signals restraint; protective calm within amid outer turmoil.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred learning requires an atmosphere of steadiness and purity; disturbance and inauspicious times call for restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse focuses on discipline in scriptural study.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It enjoins strict avoidance of study on anadhyāya times, regardless of the text being studied (even Āraṇyakas).