Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

त्रैविभागेन त्रैविद्याश्चतुर्भागेन चात्रिणः । एवं ज्ञातिविभागस्तु काजेशेन विनिर्मितः

Transliteration

traivibhāgena traividyāścaturbhāgena cātriṇaḥ | evaṃ jñātivibhāgastu kājeśena vinirmitaḥ

Translation

The Trividyas were assigned a threefold share, and the Cātriṇas a fourfold share. Thus was the division among kin-groups instituted by Kājeśa.

Word by Word

• traivibhāgena: by a threefold division
• traivibhāgena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trai (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन; द्विगुसमास: ‘त्रैविभाग’ = threefold division

• traividyāḥ: the Traividyās
• traividyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: traividyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• caturbhāgena: by a fourfold division
• caturbhāgena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; द्विगुसमास: ‘चतुर्भाग’ = fourfold division

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atriṇaḥ: the Atri (lineage people)
• atriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atriṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (जाति/समूहवाचक)

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘एवं’ = thus

• jñāti-vibhāgaḥ: division of kinsmen/relatives
• jñāti-vibhāgaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāti (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ज्ञातीनां विभागः’

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘indeed/but’

• kājeśena: by Kājeśa
• kājeśena: Karana (Agent expressed instrumentally/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kājeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (कर्तृवाचक-नाम)

• vinirmitaḥ: was constructed/arranged
• vinirmitaḥ: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mā (धातु) + nir- + vi- (उपसर्ग) ; ‘vinirmita’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘निर्मितः’

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A founder-authority (Kājeśa) presides over a formal division: threefold share for Trividyas and fourfold share for Cātriṇas, with tokens/marks indicating allotments.

Characters & Entities

• Traividya
• Cātriṇa
• Kājeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Orderly governance—clear shares and defined group-responsibilities—is portrayed as a means to protect dharma in a sacred region.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya forms the backdrop; the verse describes internal structuring rather than a specific tirtha’s merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it codifies social and economic divisions.