Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यथा ज्ञातिर्यथा गोत्रं याथातथ्यं निवेदय । तत आनीय तान्सर्वान्स्वस्थाने वासयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

yathā jñātiryathā gotraṃ yāthātathyaṃ nivedaya | tata ānīya tānsarvānsvasthāne vāsayāmyaham

Translation

“Report accurately—just as it is—their kin-relations and their gotras. Then, having brought them all, I shall settle them each in their proper place.”

Word by Word

• यथा: as / according to
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/यथार्थ-वाचक (as/according as)

• ज्ञातिः: kinship/relatives (status)
• ज्ञातिः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग

• गोत्रम्: gotra/lineage
• गोत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र विषय-निर्देशे (as for gotra)

• याथातथ्यम्: the exact truth / as it really is
• याथातथ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथा + तथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः याथा (अव्यय, 'as it is') + तथ्य (truth)

• निवेदय: report / inform
• निवेदय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (then/from there)

• आनीय: having brought
• आनीय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-अव्यय (क्त्वा/ल्यप्-प्रत्यय, gerund), 'having brought'

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• स्वस्थाने: in their proper place
• स्वस्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः स्व (own) + स्थान

• वासयामि: I will settle/house (make them dwell)
• वासयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वासय् (धातु, णिच् causative of वस्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Mātā (or her interlocutor/agent)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A messenger or record-keeper stands before Śrī Rāma, presenting a detailed account of gotras and kinship lines; Rāma gestures toward a map-like arrangement of dwellings, indicating each group’s proper place.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• gotra
• jñāti
• vipra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthful reporting and orderly placement of people according to dharma sustains harmony in a sacred land.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the sanctified locale; its greatness is expressed through righteous administration and preservation of dharmic customs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is stated; the ‘prescription’ is dharmic procedure—accurate lineage-accounting and proper settlement.