Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तत्र जप्तं हुतं दत्तं ध्यातं च नृपसत्तम । तत्सर्वं चाक्षयं तत्र जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tatra japtaṃ hutaṃ dattaṃ dhyātaṃ ca nṛpasattama | tatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ tatra jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Ô meilleur des rois, tout japa récité en ce lieu, tout homa offert au feu, tout don (dāna) accordé, et toute méditation—tout y devient impérissable ; là-dessus, point de doute.

Word by Word

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

• जप्तम्: (what is) recited
• जप्तम्: Karma (Object/thing done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप् (धातु) → जप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कृतम् (that which is recited)

• हुतम्: (what is) offered in fire
• हुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हु (धातु) → हुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दत्तम्: (what is) given (as gift)
• दत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ध्यातम्: (what is) meditated upon
• ध्यातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) → ध्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• नृप-सत्तम: O best of kings
• नृप-सत्तम: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नृपाणां सत्तमः)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (तत् सर्वम् इत्यत्र)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (collective object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अक्षयम्: imperishable, inexhaustible
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तत्सर्वम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• जायते: arises/becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpasattama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within a sacred forest clearing, a small fire-altar burns steadily; a sage leads japa while donors distribute gifts; a meditator sits under a tree—above them, a subtle aura suggests ‘akṣaya’ merit accumulating like luminous script.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography matters in Purāṇic dharma: acts like japa, homa, dāna, and dhyāna gain inexhaustible merit when performed in a consecrated place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is praised as a power-place where spiritual practices become akṣaya (imperishable).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse lists four practices performed there—japa, homa, dāna, and dhyāna—and states their merit becomes inexhaustible.