Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

त्रैविद्यद्विजविप्रेभ्यो रामो दशरथात्मजः । काजेशेन त्रयेणैव स्थापिता द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

traividyadvijaviprebhyo rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ | kājeśena trayeṇaiva sthāpitā dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

দশরথপুত্র রাম ত্রৈবিদ্য বেদজ্ঞ ব্রাহ্মণদের তিন প্রকার দান-ব্যবস্থা ও জীবিকার উপকরণ দ্বারা প্রতিষ্ঠিত করলেন।

Word by Word

• त्रैविद्य: learned in the three Vedas
• त्रैविद्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण-अङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैविद्य (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि+विद्या)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन; समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)

• द्विज: twice-born (Brahmin)
• द्विज: Visheshya (Qualified/विशेष्य-अङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन; समासाङ्ग (मध्यपद)

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the Brahmin sages
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन; ‘त्रैविद्य-द्विज-विप्र’ इति समाहार/तत्पुरुषसमाससमूहः; सम्प्रदान

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दशरथ: of Dasharatha
• दशरथ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)

• आत्मजः: son
• आत्मजः: Karta (Subject-apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक; आत्मन्+ज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘दशरथ-आत्मज’ तत्पुरुषः; रामस्य विशेषणम्

• काजेशेन: by/with Kājeśa
• काजेशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काजेश (प्रातिपदिक; काज+ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/सहायक-निर्देश (by/with Kājeśa)

• त्रयेण: by the three (group)
• त्रयेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रय (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक; करणसंबन्धः

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• स्थापिताः: were established/installed
• स्थापिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच्? (causative sense) / स्थापयति; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• द्विजसत्तमाः: the best of Brahmins
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘द्विज-सत्तम’ तत्पुरुषः; कर्तृस्थानी (स्थापिताः इत्यस्य विषयः)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma ceremonially ‘establishes’ Vedic scholars: brāhmaṇas seated with three Vedas symbolized by manuscripts or recitation gestures; offerings of provisions are arranged in three sets; a formal consecration-like atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is strengthened when rulers and devotees materially establish learned brāhmaṇas devoted to Vedic study and ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, presented as a place where Vedic communities are settled and supported.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Institutional dāna: endowments that “establish” qualified Vedic scholars for sustained worship and teaching.