Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

सभावाक्यं च तच्छ्रुत्वा तन्मध्ये वाडवः शुचिः । वाग्मी दक्षः सुशब्दश्च त्रिरवैः श्रावयन्द्विजान्

Transliteration

sabhāvākyaṃ ca tacchrutvā tanmadhye vāḍavaḥ śuciḥ | vāgmī dakṣaḥ suśabdaśca triravaiḥ śrāvayandvijān

Translation

集会で語られた言葉を聞くや、清浄なるヴァーダヴァ（Vāḍava）が彼らのただ中に立った。雄弁で才に富み、声も明らかで、二度生まれ（dvija）たちに三度その布告を聞かせた。

Word by Word

• सभावाक्यम्: the assembly’s statement
• सभावाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा (प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सभायाः वाक्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having heard’

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (समास-पूर्वपद)

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• वाडवः: Vāḍava (a person of that group)
• वाडवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Modifier (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वाग्मी: eloquent
• वाग्मी: Modifier (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाग्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• दक्षः: skilled
• दक्षः: Modifier (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सुशब्दः: well-spoken/with good words
• सुशब्दः: Modifier (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (‘सु-शब्दः’ = good-sounding); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्रिः: three times
• त्रिः: Manner/Measure (परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिः (अव्यय)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thrice)

• रवैः: with cries/sounds
• रवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• श्रावयन्: making (them) hear/reciting aloud
• श्रावयन्: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + शतृ (कृत्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपद-प्रायः; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘causing to hear/reciting aloud’

• द्विजान्: the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (descriptive narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clean, dignified herald (Vāḍava), standing at the center of an assembly, raises his hand and repeats the proclamation three times while brāhmaṇas listen attentively.

Characters & Entities

• Vāḍava
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic decisions are presented publicly and clearly, emphasizing accountability and communal hearing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it describes an assembly scene within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it depicts an announcement repeated three times, a formal procedural act rather than a ritual.