Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

सत्यप्रतिज्ञास्त्रैविद्या भजंतु रामशासनम् । अस्माकं तु परं देहि स्थानं यत्र वसामहे

Transliteration

satyapratijñāstraividyā bhajaṃtu rāmaśāsanam | asmākaṃ tu paraṃ dehi sthānaṃ yatra vasāmahe

Translation

„Mögen die Wahrhaftigen, die Kenner der dreifachen Veda, unter Rāmas gerechter königlicher Anordnung weilen. Uns aber gewähre eine höhere Wohnstatt – eine feste Stätte, darin wir wohnen mögen.“

Word by Word

• सत्यप्रतिज्ञाः: (those) of true vow(s)
• सत्यप्रतिज्ञाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य-प्रतिज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक; सत्य + प्रतिज्ञा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेष्यः—त्रैविद्याः (apposition)

• त्रैविद्याः: the knowers of the three Vedas / the threefold Vedic lore
• त्रैविद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैविद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘त्रयीविद्या’ इत्यर्थे

• भजन्तु: let (them) serve / worship / follow
• भजन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• रामशासनम्: Rama’s शासन/command (rule)
• रामशासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम-शासन (प्रातिपदिक; राम + शासन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध/अधिकार (genitive)

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• परम्: supreme / highest
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• देहि: give (you)
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्थानम्: a place / abode
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adverbial (देश/स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• वसामहे: we dwell / reside
• वसामहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of satyavrata, trivedin dvijas petition a righteous king, invoking Rāma’s ordinance; the king listens in a forest-assembly near hermitages, with a sense of calm order and dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Traividya (Vedic scholars)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthfulness and Vedic learning are to be supported by righteous governance, and a stable, dharmic residence for the learned is itself a meritorious act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the sacred setting, where an auspicious, protected settlement for Vedic scholars is sought.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the focus is on seeking an allotted abode under righteous royal sanction.