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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

एकदा ब्रह्मसभायां गता देवाः सवासवाः । भूर्लोकाद्याश्च सर्वे हि स्थावराणि चराणि च

ekadā brahmasabhāyāṃ gatā devāḥ savāsavāḥ | bhūrlokādyāśca sarve hi sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

Un jour, les dieux — avec Indra — se rendirent dans la salle d’assemblée de Brahmā. Là se trouvaient aussi tous les êtres, à commencer par Bhūrloka : immobiles et mobiles.

एकदाonce
एकदा:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएकदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
ब्रह्मसभायाम्in Brahmā’s assembly
ब्रह्मसभायाम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् + सभा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
गताःhaving gone, went
गताः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
सवासवाःtogether with Vāsava (Indra)
सवासवाः:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootस + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सहार्थक-समास (with Indra)
भूर्लोकाद्याःthose beginning with Bhūrloka
भूर्लोकाद्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभूर्लोक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
and
:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-सूचक
स्थावराणिimmobile beings
स्थावराणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
चराणिmobile beings
चराणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
and
:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Vyāsa (narration continues)

Tirtha: Brahmaloka (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Listener: Pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Scene: A vast celestial hall with Brahmā’s throne; devas led by Indra enter in orderly procession; beings from Bhūrloka and beyond appear as a layered cosmic congregation.

B
Brahmā
D
Devas
I
Indra (Vāsava)
B
Bhūrloka

FAQs

Cosmic governance is portrayed as ordered and consultative; divine assemblies symbolize harmony and responsibility across worlds.

No specific tīrtha is named; the Dharmāraṇya section frames its holiness through grand Purāṇic events and divine participation.

None; it is scene-setting for a theological narrative.