Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

भारद्वाजं पुरस्कृत्य वेदवेदांगपारगम् । आसनेषु विचित्रेषु बृष्यादिषु ह्यनुक्रमात्

Transliteration

bhāradvājaṃ puraskṛtya vedavedāṃgapāragam | āsaneṣu vicitreṣu bṛṣyādiṣu hyanukramāt

Translation

Indem sie Bhāradvāja an die Spitze setzten—den Meister der Veden und Vedāṅgas—nahmen sie der rechten Ordnung gemäß Platz auf mancherlei prächtigen Sitzen, auf Kissen und dergleichen.

Word by Word

• भारद्वाजम्: Bhāradvāja
• भारद्वाजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिवाचक

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed in front / having honored
• पुरस्कृत्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘पुरस्कृत्य’ = अग्रे कृत्वा (having placed in front / having honored)

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम्: versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भारद्वाजम् इति पदस्य विशेषण

• आसनेषु: on seats
• आसनेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• विचित्रेषु: variegated/various
• विचित्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; आसनेषु इति पदस्य विशेषण

• बृष्यादिषु: on stools and the like
• बृष्यादिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; (बृष्य-आदि) समाहारार्थ; आसनप्रकारेषु

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतुवाचक

• अनुक्रमात्: in sequence / orderly
• अनुक्रमात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); ‘क्रमानुसारतः’ (in due order)

Speaker

Sūta (describing protocol of the assembly)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal sage-assembly: Bhāradvāja seated foremost on an elevated āsana; other sages sit in graded rows on cushions and patterned seats, creating a mandala-like order around the central authority.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāradvāja
• Veda
• Vedāṅga
• Āsana (seats)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma honors learning and realization through proper reverence—placing the foremost sage first and maintaining orderly conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on the assembly order rather than a new tīrtha; the setting remains the sacred gathering at Kurukṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; it describes the formal arrangement of sages for discourse.