Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अजेशेन तदा राजन्प्रेरितेन स्वयंभुवा । कामधेनुः समाहूता कथयामास तां प्रति

Transliteration

ajeśena tadā rājanpreritena svayaṃbhuvā | kāmadhenuḥ samāhūtā kathayāmāsa tāṃ prati

Translation

Da, o König, vom Selbstgeborenen (Brahmā) angetrieben, ließ Ajeśa Kāmadhenu rufen; und sie sprach als Antwort zu ihm.

Word by Word

• अजेशेन: by Ajeśa
• अजेशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• प्रेरितेन: impelled/urged
• प्रेरितेन: Karana (Instrumental qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेरित (प्रातिपदिक; √प्रेर् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of स्वयंभुवा)

• स्वयंभुवा: by the Self-born (Brahmā)
• स्वयंभुवा: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंभू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• कामधेनुः: Kāmadhenu
• कामधेनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समाहूता: having been summoned
• समाहूता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√ह्वे (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (having been summoned)

• कथयामास: narrated/told
• कथयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ताम्: to her/that (her)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards/to
• प्रति: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition), लक्ष्य/सम्बन्धार्थ

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā urges a deity/agent (Ajeśa) who then calls Kāmadhenu; she responds, beginning a formal exchange—figures arranged in a respectful, hierarchical tableau in a sacred grove.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Svayaṃbhū)
• Ajeśa
• Kāmadhenu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic order is portrayed as guided from higher authority—Brahmā impels action and divine resources are summoned for righteous purposes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider episode unfolds in Dharmāraṇya, presented as a sanctified arena where divine governance becomes visible.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse introduces the summoning of Kāmadhenu as a means to facilitate dharmic support and gifting.