Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

वेदांतानि सुभूरीणि मया दृष्ट्वा विचार्य च । समरूपाः कृता ग्रन्था मर्त्यलोकहितार्थिना

Transliteration

vedāṃtāni subhūrīṇi mayā dṛṣṭvā vicārya ca | samarūpāḥ kṛtā granthā martyalokahitārthinā

Translation

Nachdem ich die vielen vortrefflichen Vedānta-Lehren geschaut und erwogen hatte, verfasste ich Abhandlungen in harmonisierter Gestalt, zum Heil der Menschenwelt.

Word by Word

• वेदान्तानि: Vedānta texts/teachings
• वेदान्तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (or नपुंसक in some traditions; here neuter plural as text-form), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन

• सुभूरीणि: very many, abundant
• सुभूरीणि: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + भूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('सु-भूरि' = very many/abundant); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वेदान्तानि)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal); पूर्वक्रिया

• विचार्य: having reflected/considered
• विचार्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-प्राय (gerund in -ya), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• समरूपाः: uniform, of the same form
• समरूपाः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ग्रन्थाः)

• कृताः: were made/compiled
• कृताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'were made'

• ग्रन्थाः: treatises/books
• ग्रन्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रन्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मर्त्यलोकहितार्थिना: by one seeking the welfare of the world of mortals
• मर्त्यलोकहितार्थिना: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्यलोक + हित + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-समूहः: (मर्त्यलोक = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष 'mortals' world') + (हितार्थिन् = चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष 'seeking welfare'); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent phrase)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator (compiler/teacher voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An author-sage surrounded by palm-leaf manuscripts from different schools, arranging them into a single orderly stack; a few pilgrims/householders receive the compiled teaching, symbolizing loka-hita.

Characters & Entities

• Vedānta
• martyaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowledge should be contemplated and then presented in a harmonized way for the welfare of society, not for pride or gain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes study (dṛṣṭvā), reflection (vicārya), and benevolent teaching.