Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त्रयीधर्म्मः पृथिव्यां तु विस्तारं प्रापयिष्यति । धर्मधीर महावीर स्वरूपं दर्शयस्व नः

Transliteration

trayīdharmmaḥ pṛthivyāṃ tu vistāraṃ prāpayiṣyati | dharmadhīra mahāvīra svarūpaṃ darśayasva naḥ

Translation

Dann wird das auf den drei Veden gegründete Dharma sich über die Erde ausbreiten. O standhafter Hüter des Dharma, o großer Held—zeige uns deine wahre Gestalt.

Word by Word

• त्रयीधर्मः: the dharma of the three Vedas (Vedic dharma)
• त्रयीधर्मः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयी (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रय्याः धर्मः = ‘त्रयी-धर्मः’)

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे ‘but/indeed’

• विस्तारम्: expansion, spread
• विस्तारम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रापयिष्यति: will cause to reach / will spread
• प्रापयिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) (प्रापयति-णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• धर्मधीर: O steadfast-in-dharma one
• धर्मधीर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + धीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (धर्मे धीरः = ‘steadfast in dharma’)

• महावीर: O great hero
• महावीर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• स्वरूपम्: (your) true form
• स्वरूपम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दर्शयस्व: show (us)
• दर्शयस्व: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) (दर्शयति-णिच्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन-रूप (enclitic); ‘of us/to us’

Speaker

Viprāḥ (the brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest hermitage setting: brāhmaṇas with kamaṇḍalu and darbha, hands folded, addressing a dharma-hero with a plea to reveal his svarūpa; atmosphere of prophecy and expectancy.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Trayī (three Vedas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is protected and verified, Vedic righteousness (trayī-dharma) flourishes widely.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on dharma’s spread on earth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request for darśana of the deity’s svarūpa.