Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पुण्यानि क्षेत्रजातानि वेदारण्या दिकानि च । मुनयश्च वसिष्ठाद्या सिद्धचारणकिन्नराः

Transliteration

puṇyāni kṣetrajātāni vedāraṇyā dikāni ca | munayaśca vasiṣṭhādyā siddhacāraṇakinnarāḥ

Translation

Il y a des kṣetra, champs sacrés, et des « forêts du Veda » en toutes directions; et des sages, à commencer par Vasiṣṭha, avec les Siddha, les Cāraṇa et les Kinnara.

Word by Word

• puṇyāni: holy
• puṇyāni: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (क्षेत्रजातानि इत्यस्य)

• kṣetra-jātāni: arisen in sacred places
• kṣetra-jātāni: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + jāta (कृदन्त; √jan (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (born/produced in)

• veda-araṇyāḥ: Vedic forests
• veda-araṇyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + araṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘वेदानां अरण्यानि’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• dikāni: directions/regions
• dikāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dik (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• vasiṣṭha-ādyāḥ: beginning with Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭha-ādyāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘वसिष्ठः आदिः येषाम्’ इति बहुवचन-विशेषणम् (munayaḥ इत्यस्य)

• siddha-cāraṇa-kinnarāḥ: Siddhas, Cāraṇas, and Kinnaras
• siddha-cāraṇa-kinnarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक) + cāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + kinnara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (समुच्चयार्थे)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (directional vana/āśrama belt)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of ‘Veda-forests’ around the kṣetra: trees inscribed with sacredness, rishis in meditation, Vasiṣṭha prominent, with Siddhas/Cāraṇas singing in the sky and Kinnaras with instruments.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Munis
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas
• Kinnaras
• Veda-araṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is sanctified not only by waters but by Vedic resonance, rishis, and the presence of perfected beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu/Gandhamādana region is depicted as filled with kṣetras and Veda-forests inhabited by sages and celestial beings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes the sanctifying presence of Vedic forests and holy assemblies.