Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ज्ञात्वा देवी ययौ तत्र यत्रासौ वृषभध्वजः । तत्क्षणात्पतितो भूमौ धर्मारण्ये नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

jñātvā devī yayau tatra yatrāsau vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | tatkṣaṇātpatito bhūmau dharmāraṇye nṛpottama

Translation

ಇದನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದು ದೇವಿ ವೃಷಭಧ್ವಜ (ಶಿವ) ಇದ್ದ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದಳು. ಆ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲೇ ಧರ್ಮಾರಣ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನು ಭೂಮಿಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದನು, ಓ ನೃಪೋತ್ತಮ.

Word by Word

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having known)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Sambandha/Modifier (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Sambandha/Relative (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• असौ: that (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• वृषभध्वजः: the bull-bannered one (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता/विषयः (शिव-पर्यायः)

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately, from that moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अपादान/काल-सीमा (immediately from that moment)

• पतितः: fallen
• पतितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियासमाना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• धर्मारण्ये: in Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन

Speaker

Narrator addressing a King (nṛpottama)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpottama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The goddess arrives where the Bull-bannered Śiva is; instantly he collapses to the ground in Dharmāraṇya—dramatic, uncanny, and charged with unseen mantra-force.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (unnamed here)
• Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are portrayed as stages where divine events unfold; Dharmāraṇya becomes a theologically charged landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is explicitly named as the locale of the divine occurrence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it narrates a sudden event occurring in Dharmāraṇya.