Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यत्किंचित्रिषु लोकेषु दृश्यते स्थाणु जंगमम् । तस्यां सहोपविष्टायां तत्र ज्ञात्वा स धर्मवित्

Transliteration

yatkiṃcitriṣu lokeṣu dṛśyate sthāṇu jaṃgamam | tasyāṃ sahopaviṣṭāyāṃ tatra jñātvā sa dharmavit

Translation

Was immer in den drei Welten zu sehen ist — Bewegliches oder Unbewegliches — ist dort versammelt; und wer es dort erkennt, sitzend an jenem heiligen Ort, wird zum Kenner des Dharma.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• किञ्चित्: anything; something
• किञ्चित्: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग (all genders), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दृश्यते: is seen; appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थाणु: immobile (fixed)
• स्थाणु: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थाणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• जङ्गमम्: mobile (moving)
• जङ्गमम्: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्याम्: in that (place/assembly)
• तस्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सह: together; along with
• सह: Sambandha/Connector (Linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: 'together/with')

• उपविष्टायाम्: when (she/it) was seated; in the seated (state)
• उपविष्टायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + विश् (धातु) → उपविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• धर्मवित्: knower of dharma
• धर्मवित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'knower of dharma')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharma (personified) / audience of sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage seated in meditation within Dharmāraṇya; around him, symbolic representations of the three worlds appear—mountains, rivers, animals, birds, devas—suggesting that all movable and immovable reality is ‘gathered’ into a single visionary field.

Characters & Entities

• Three worlds (trailokya)
• Sthāvara
• Jaṅgama
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma-knowledge arises from contemplative presence in a sanctified space where the cosmos is intuitively comprehended.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is implied as the place where the reality of the three worlds can be understood, making one a dharmavit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies upaveśana (reverent sitting/attendance) and contemplative listening/knowing, rather than a formal rite.