Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

स्थापिता वाडवास्तत्र वेदवेदांगपारगाः । तेषां वै परिचर्यार्थं कामधेनुश्च प्रार्थिता

Transliteration

sthāpitā vāḍavāstatra vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ | teṣāṃ vai paricaryārthaṃ kāmadhenuśca prārthitā

Translation

Là furent établis les Vāḍavās, pleinement versés dans les Veda et les Vedāṅga. Et pour leur service et leur soutien, on implora aussi la sainte Kāmadhenu.

Word by Word

• स्थापिताः: were established/placed
• स्थापिताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्थापित (कृदन्त; √स्था (धातु) + णिच्/प्रेरणार्थ, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘स्थापिताः’ = ‘स्थापिताः सन्ति’ (elliptic)

• वाडवाः: the Vāḍavas (a group/people)
• वाडवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारगाः: versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारगाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘वेदवेदाङ्गयोः पारगाः’

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• परिचर्य-अर्थम्: for (their) service/attendance
• परिचर्य-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिचर्या (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक समास: ‘परिचर्यायाः अर्थम्’ (for the purpose of service)

• कामधेनुः: Kāmadhenu (the wish-fulfilling cow)
• कामधेनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रार्थिता: was requested/entreated
• प्रार्थिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रार्थित (कृदन्त; √अर्थ्/√प्रार्थ् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘प्रार्थिता (अभवत्)’

Speaker

Vijaya (continuing the conveyed message, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil forest-āśrama with Vedic scholars seated under trees, reciting; nearby a radiant divine cow (Kāmadhenu) is invoked for their upkeep; offerings of milk, ghee, and kusa-grass rituals in the foreground.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya (context)
• Vāḍavās
• Vedas
• Vedāṅgas
• Kāmadhenu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustaining Vedic practitioners is a dharmic priority; sacred prosperity (symbolized by Kāmadhenu) is invoked for righteous service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is portrayed as a sanctified Vedic center where learned communities are established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the support/maintenance (paricaryā) of Veda-knowers is commended, aligning with dāna and patronage though not detailed here.