Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ग्रहाः सर्वे सनक्षत्रा वसवोऽष्टौ ध्रुवा दयः । अंतरिक्षचराः सर्वे ये चान्ये नगवासिनः

Transliteration

grahāḥ sarve sanakṣatrā vasavo'ṣṭau dhruvā dayaḥ | aṃtarikṣacarāḥ sarve ye cānye nagavāsinaḥ

Translation

وجاءت جميع الكواكب (الگراها) مع المنازل النجمية (النَّكشترَات)؛ وجاء الفاسو الثمانية، وكذلك الدُّهروفا الثابتون. واجتمع كلّ من يسير في الفضاء، ومن سكنة الجبال أيضًا.

Word by Word

• ग्रहाः: planets
• ग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ग्रहाः)

• सनक्षत्राः: together with the stars/constellations
• सनक्षत्राः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ग्रहाः); ‘नक्षत्रैः सह’ (with the constellations)

• वसवः: Vasus
• वसवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (वसवः)

• ध्रुवाः: Dhruvas / fixed ones
• ध्रुवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• दयः: Dayaḥ (as read)
• दयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; (पाठ/रूप अस्पष्ट—सम्भवतः ‘दिवाः/दिशः/दयाः’ इत्यादि)

• अंतरिक्षचराः: those who move in the sky
• अंतरिक्षचराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंतरिक्ष + चर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘अंतरिक्षे चरन्ति’ (sky-goers)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (अंतरिक्षचराः)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• नगवासिनः: mountain-dwellers
• नगवासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘नगे वसन्ति’ (mountain-dwellers)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (implied) pāpanīṣūdana-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: planets and constellations personified in the sky; the eight Vasus stand like elemental pillars; Dhruva shines steady above; aerial beings traverse mid-space; mountain-dwellers arrive from peaks—everything aligns toward the sacred field.

Characters & Entities

• Grahās (planets)
• Nakṣatras
• Aṣṭa Vasus
• Dhruvas
• Antarikṣacarās
• Mountain-dwellers (Nagavāsins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha is portrayed as cosmically central—its holiness resonates through heaven, mid-air, and earth, making dharma a universal principle.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied locus of this all-encompassing gathering.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual prescription is stated; the verse magnifies the kṣetra’s greatness through a universal assembly motif.