Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मभोज्यपराः सर्वे सर्वे धर्म्म परायणाः

Transliteration

brahmabhojyaparāḥ sarve sarve dharmma parāyaṇāḥ

Translation

All of them are devoted to food-offerings worthy of Brahman—offered in purity according to the Vedic way—and all are firmly dedicated to Dharma.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मभोज्यपराः: devoted to food/offerings for Brahman (or Brahmins)
• ब्रह्मभोज्यपराः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + भोज्य (कृदन्त; √भुज् (धातु) + यत्) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'devoted to brahma-bhojya')

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all indeed
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• धर्मपरायणाः: devoted to dharma
• धर्मपरायणाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'having dharma as refuge/goal')

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene forest āśrama: rows of dharma-observant brāhmaṇas receive or prepare pure food offerings; fire altar smoke rises gently; vessels of ghee, rice, and water are arranged with order.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through purity in offering and steadfast ethical dedication.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is implied as the dhārmic setting where such exemplary conduct flourishes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It alludes to brahmabhojya—pure, dhārmic feeding/offerings (a form of dāna and hospitality), though details are not specified here.