Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

शासनं भवतामस्तु रामदत्तं न संशयः । त्रयीविद्यास्तु विख्याताः सर्वे वाडवपुंगवाः

Transliteration

śāsanaṃ bhavatāmastu rāmadattaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | trayīvidyāstu vikhyātāḥ sarve vāḍavapuṃgavāḥ

Translation

Que la souveraineté et la protection soient vôtres, accordées par Rāmadatta, sans nul doute. Tous les plus éminents parmi les Vāḍavas sont renommés comme connaisseurs de la triple science védique.

Word by Word

• शासनम्: command/edict
• शासनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भवताम्: of you (hon.)
• भवताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific ‘you’)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Existence/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• रामदत्तम्: given by Rāma / Rāma-given
• रामदत्तम्: Modifier (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + दत्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृत)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (‘रामेण दत्तम्’/‘रामस्य दत्तम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (शासनम्)

• न: no/not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• त्रयीविद्याः: the three Vedic sciences/knowledges
• त्रयीविद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयी (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘त्रय्याः विद्या’); स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• विख्याताः: renowned
• विख्याताः: Predicate (State/विशेष्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘renowned’; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Modifier (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वाडवपुंगवाः: leaders among the Vāḍavas
• वाडवपुंगवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय (‘वाडवानां पुंगवाः’ = leaders among Vāḍavas); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator/speaker (context implies a pronouncement to a group)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāmadatta’s grant of authority is announced; Vāḍava leaders are honored as knowers of the three Vedas, receiving symbols of governance and protection before an assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmadatta
• Vāḍava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is supported by rightful governance, and Vedic learning is upheld as a mark of communal excellence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse concerns authority and reputation within the Dharmāraṇya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is declarative—about governance/protection and Vedic renown.