Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मशालां कारयंति वेदमध्यापयंति च । विद्यादानं च ये कुर्युः पुराणं श्रावयंति च

Transliteration

brahmaśālāṃ kārayaṃti vedamadhyāpayaṃti ca | vidyādānaṃ ca ye kuryuḥ purāṇaṃ śrāvayaṃti ca

Translation

Diejenigen, die eine Brahmaśālā errichten, das Lehren der Veden veranlassen, die Gabe des Wissens spenden und die Rezitation der Purāṇas ausrichten—

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मशालाम्: a Vedic school/hall
• ब्रह्मशालाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + शाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मणः शाला (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• कारयन्ति: cause to be built/establish
• कारयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् (प्रेरण)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; णिजन्त (causative): ‘cause to be made/establish’

• वेदम्: the Veda
• वेदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• अध्यापयन्ति: teach (make study)
• अध्यापयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-√इ (धातु) + णिच् (प्रेरण)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; णिजन्त (causative): ‘make (others) study/teach’

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विद्यादानम्: gift of knowledge/education
• विद्यादानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—विद्यायाः दानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; relative pronoun

• कुर्युः: should do
• कुर्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘should do/may do’

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• श्रावयन्ति: make (others) hear; recite
• श्रावयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + णिच् (प्रेरण)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; णिजन्त (causative): ‘cause to hear/recite to others’

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly built Brahmaśālā with students seated in rows chanting Veda; a teacher instructs; nearby, an assembly listens to Purāṇa recitation from a vyāsa on a raised seat; the donor stands respectfully at the side.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting sacred education—institutions, teachers, and scriptural listening—is portrayed as a high form of dharma and dāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; the verse fits the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader praise of dharmic acts connected to sacred learning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Veda-adhyāpana (supporting Vedic teaching) and Purāṇa-śravaṇa (arranging Purāṇic recitation/listening).