Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अथर्वणमपि तत्र पठंति स्म दिवानिशम् । वेदनिर्घोषजः शब्दस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

atharvaṇamapi tatra paṭhaṃti sma divāniśam | vedanirghoṣajaḥ śabdastrailokye sacarācare

Translation

Dort rezitierten sie auch den Atharva(veda) bei Tag und bei Nacht. Der Klang, der aus der Verkündigung der Veden hervorging, hallte durch die drei Welten—unter allem Bewegten und allem Unbewegten.

Word by Word

• अथर्वणम्: the Atharva(veda)
• अथर्वणम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (अथर्ववेदः)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (also)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• पठन्ति: recite
• पठन्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• स्म: used to
• स्म: Sambandha (Aspect marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: भूतार्थे अव्यय (past-habitual marker)

• दिवा-निशम्: day and night
• दिवा-निशम्: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा + निशा (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb)

• वेदनिर्घोषजः: born from the Vedic chant
• वेदनिर्घोषजः: Karta/Visheṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘शब्दः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + निर्घोष + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः पञ्चमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (वेद-निर्घोषात् जातः / वेदस्य निर्घोषात् जातः)

• शब्दः: sound
• शब्दः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगुसमास (त्रीणि लोकानि = त्रैलोक्यम्)

• सचराचरे: with all moving and unmoving beings
• सचराचरे: Adhikarana (Qualifier of location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (चर + अचर) ‘moving and unmoving’; उपपद ‘स-’ = सहित (with)

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Day and night, Atharva recitation continues; waves of luminous sound radiate from the forest-kshetra, reaching heavens, earth, and nether realms, touching beings that move and those that do not.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Atharvaveda
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic sound is portrayed as a cosmic purifier—upholding harmony across all realms of existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed sacred locale is glorified through its continuous Vedic recitation, marking it as a dharma-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous recitation of the Atharvaveda and the Vedas (divā-niśam) is presented as the sustaining sacred practice.