Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

विप्राणामिह दृश्यंते धर्मारण्यनिवासिनाम् । नूनं ते च समायाता नृपेणोक्तं ममाग्रतः

Transliteration

viprāṇāmiha dṛśyaṃte dharmāraṇyanivāsinām | nūnaṃ te ca samāyātā nṛpeṇoktaṃ mamāgrataḥ

Translation

Hier sieht man die Brāhmaṇas, die in Dharmāraṇya wohnen. Gewiss sind sie eingetroffen, wie der König es zuvor vor mir gesagt hat.

Word by Word

• विप्राणाम्: of the Brahmins
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: ‘here’)

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Present, 3rd person, Plural, Atmanepada; passive: ‘are seen’)

• धर्मारण्यनिवासिनाम्: of the residents of Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्यनिवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मारण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; ‘धर्मारण्ये निवसन्ति ये’ (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Avyaya (Discourse/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (particle/adverb: ‘surely’)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• समायाताः: have arrived
• समायाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘arrived/come together’

• नृपेण: by the king
• नृपेण: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• उक्तम्: said
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said’ (PPP)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular; ‘my’)

• अग्रतः: before/in front (of me)
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (adverb: ‘in front/before’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narration within the Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas with matted hair or neatly tied śikhā, carrying kamaṇḍalu and palm-leaf manuscripts, is recognized in the distance; the speaker points them out with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (brāhmaṇas)
• Dharmāraṇya
• nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honor toward kṣetra-vāsin brāhmaṇas and holy residents is part of tīrtha-dharma and sustains the sanctity of the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya itself is foregrounded as a sacred residence of vipras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes recognition of the holy community of the kṣetra.