Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सिंहव्याघ्रैर्द्विपैश्चैव पक्षिभिर्विविधैस्तथा । गोमहिष्यादिभिश्चैव सारसैर्मृगशूकरैः

Transliteration

siṃhavyāghrairdvipaiścaiva pakṣibhirvividhaistathā | gomahiṣyādibhiścaiva sārasairmṛgaśūkaraiḥ

Translation

সেই স্থান সিংহ-ব্যাঘ্র ও গজে, নানাবিধ পক্ষীতে পরিপূর্ণ; তদুপরি গোমহিষ্যাদি, সারস, মৃগ ও শূকরে সমাকীর্ণ।

Word by Word

• सिंहव्याघ्रैः: by lions and tigers
• सिंहव्याघ्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (सिंह-व्याघ्र)

• द्विपैः: by elephants
• द्विपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• पक्षिभिः: by birds
• पक्षिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पक्षिभिः इत्यादि-सम्बद्धम्)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: 'likewise')

• गोमहिष्यादिभिः: by cows, buffaloes, and others
• गोमहिष्यादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + महिषी (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—गोमहिषी-आदि (आदिशब्देन 'etc.'), बहुवचन-समूहवाचक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सारसैः: by cranes (sārasas)
• सारसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• मृगशूकरैः: by deer and boars
• मृगशूकरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक) + शूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (मृग-शूकर)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as ‘nṛpaśārdūla’ (context continues in next verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense sacred forest teeming with lions, tigers, elephants, cranes, deer, boars, cattle and buffalo, suggesting a protected, numinous wilderness.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Forest animals (siṃha, vyāghra, dvipa, sārasa, mṛga, śūkara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not only temples and rites; it is a living sacred landscape where nature itself participates in sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, depicted as a thriving sacred forest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides a descriptive inventory of the sacred grove’s inhabitants.