Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92
Devanagari script
द्विजमेलापकं चक्रुर्बाला वृद्धतमा अपि । तेषां वृद्धतमो विप्रो वाक्यमूचे शुभं तदा
Transliteration
dvijamelāpakaṃ cakrurbālā vṛddhatamā api | teṣāṃ vṛddhatamo vipro vākyamūce śubhaṃ tadā
Translation
彼らは若者から最長老に至るまで、ブラーフマナたちの集会を開いた。すると、その中の最年長のブラーフマナが吉祥なる言葉を語った。
Word by Word
द्विजमेलापकम्an assembly/meeting of twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
द्विजमेलापकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज-मेलापक (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + मेलापक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे नपुंसक-रूपम्); द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
चक्रुःthey held/made
चक्रुः:
Kriyā (Predicate action)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु; √कृ)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
बालाःthe young ones
बालाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन
वृद्धतमाःthe very oldest
वृद्धतमाः:
Karta (Subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृद्धतम (प्रातिपदिक; वृद्ध + तमप्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; अतिशय (superlative); विशेषण (co-referential with बालाः: even the very old)
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Inclusion/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle: even/also)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th); बहुवचन
वृद्धतमःthe oldest
वृद्धतमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृद्धतम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; अतिशय (superlative)
विप्रःthe brāhmaṇa
विप्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
वाक्यम्a statement/words
वाक्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
ऊचेsaid
ऊचे:
Kriyā (Predicate action)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु; √वच्)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (उवाच/ऊचे-प्रयोग)
शुभम्auspicious
शुभम्:
Karma (Object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वाक्यम्)
तदाthen
तदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: then)
Speaker
Narrator (introducing the elder brāhmaṇa as next speaker)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A formal assembly of brāhmaṇas—young students and very old sages—seated in rows; the eldest rises or speaks with calm authority; listeners attentive, hands in añjali.
Characters & Entities
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vipraFAQs
Dharma is preserved through collective counsel and respect for the wisdom of elders.
No site is named in this verse; it sets up the counsel that leads toward Rāmeśvaram/Setubandha.
None explicitly; it describes convening a dharmic council.