Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

एवं ब्रुवत्सु विप्रेषु महाशक्तिप्रपूजने । आगतो ब्राह्मणोऽपश्यत्तत्र विप्रकदंबकम्

Transliteration

evaṃ bruvatsu vipreṣu mahāśaktiprapūjane | āgato brāhmaṇo'paśyattatra viprakadaṃbakam

Translation

ವಿಪ್ರರು ಹೀಗೆ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ ಮತ್ತು ಮಹಾಶಕ್ತಿಯ ಮಹಾಪೂಜೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರತರಾಗಿದ್ದಾಗ, ಒಬ್ಬ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದು, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರಿದ್ದ ವಿಪ್ರರ ಗುಚ್ಛವನ್ನು ಕಂಡನು।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• ब्रुवत्सु: while (they) were speaking
• ब्रुवत्सु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• विप्रेषु: among the brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध

• महाशक्तिप्रपूजने: in the great worship of Śakti
• महाशक्तिप्रपूजने: Adhikarana (Context/location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + शक्ति + प्रपूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महाशक्तेः प्रपूजनम्)

• आगतः: having come/arrived
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used as past participle in active sense); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणः: a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपश्यत्: saw
• अपश्यत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• विप्रकदम्बकम्: a group of brāhmaṇas
• विप्रकदम्बकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + कदम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘विप्राणां कदम्बकः’ = group of brāhmaṇas)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Dharmāraṇya episode; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāśakti-prapūjana-sthāna (within Dharmāraṇya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A large group of brāhmaṇas seated in rows around a Śakti altar; as they converse, a new brāhmaṇa enters the scene, pausing to take in the gathered assembly and the ongoing grand worship.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāśakti (Śakti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places draw together the learned and devout; collective worship magnifies auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the setting, shown as a center for Mahāśakti worship and brāhmaṇa assemblies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mahāśakti’s grand worship (prapūjana) is referenced as the ongoing ritual context.