Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

वेदांतानां समस्तानां व्याख्याने बहुधा कृते । दृश्यन्ते मुनयो यत्र संस्थिता नियमेषु च

Transliteration

vedāṃtānāṃ samastānāṃ vyākhyāne bahudhā kṛte | dṛśyante munayo yatra saṃsthitā niyameṣu ca

Translation

Dort, wo die Auslegungen aller Vedānta auf vielerlei Weise vorgetragen wurden, sah man die Weisen—fest gegründet in Zucht und religiösen Observanzen.

Word by Word

• वेदान्तानाम्: of the Vedāntas
• वेदान्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—वेद + अन्त (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• समस्तानाम्: of all/entire
• समस्तानाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (वेदान्तानाम्)

• व्याख्याने: in the exposition/commentary
• व्याख्याने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• बहुधा: in many ways
• बहुधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कृते: when/after it has been done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘व्याख्याने’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; अर्थः—‘कृते’ = ‘कृतस्मिन्/सम्पन्ने’

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: locative sense)

• संस्थिताः: standing/abiding
• संस्थिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘मुनयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नियमेषु: in observances/disciplinary rules
• नियमेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

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

Speaker

Narrator (within the Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest-āśrama near a sacred precinct: groups of sages seated in orderly rows, some teaching with palm-leaf manuscripts, others in meditation; the atmosphere is austere, luminous, and quiet.

Characters & Entities

• Vedānta
• Munis
• Niyama (observances)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest sanctity of a tīrtha is the presence of realized teachers and disciplined sages who transmit Vedānta and embody restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra identified by the lotus’s fall (within the Puṣkara narrative) is praised as a hub of Vedānta exposition and ascetic discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niyamas (disciplined observances) are mentioned generally; no single vrata, dāna, or snāna rule is specified in this verse.