Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

एवं ब्रुवत्सु विप्रेषु महाशक्तिप्रपूजने । आगतो ब्राह्मणोऽपश्यत्तत्र विप्रकदंबकम्

Transliteration

evaṃ bruvatsu vipreṣu mahāśaktiprapūjane | āgato brāhmaṇo'paśyattatra viprakadaṃbakam

Translation

Während die Vipras so sprachen, im Verlauf der großen Verehrung der Śakti, kam ein Brāhmaṇa dorthin und sah dort eine ganze Schar versammelter Brāhmaṇas.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• ब्रुवत्सु: while (they) were speaking
• ब्रुवत्सु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• विप्रेषु: among the brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध

• महाशक्तिप्रपूजने: in the great worship of Śakti
• महाशक्तिप्रपूजने: Adhikarana (Context/location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + शक्ति + प्रपूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महाशक्तेः प्रपूजनम्)

• आगतः: having come/arrived
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used as past participle in active sense); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणः: a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपश्यत्: saw
• अपश्यत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• विप्रकदम्बकम्: a group of brāhmaṇas
• विप्रकदम्बकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + कदम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘विप्राणां कदम्बकः’ = group of brāhmaṇas)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Dharmāraṇya episode; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāśakti-prapūjana-sthāna (within Dharmāraṇya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A large group of brāhmaṇas seated in rows around a Śakti altar; as they converse, a new brāhmaṇa enters the scene, pausing to take in the gathered assembly and the ongoing grand worship.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāśakti (Śakti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places draw together the learned and devout; collective worship magnifies auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the setting, shown as a center for Mahāśakti worship and brāhmaṇa assemblies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mahāśakti’s grand worship (prapūjana) is referenced as the ongoing ritual context.