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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

तत्रासीनः सभामध्ये सर्वलोकैकपूजिते नानाकथाः श्रुतास्तत्र धर्म्मवर्गसमन्विताः

tatrāsīnaḥ sabhāmadhye sarvalokaikapūjite nānākathāḥ śrutāstatra dharmmavargasamanvitāḥ

അവിടെ അദ്ദേഹം സഭാമധ്യേ ആസീനനായിരുന്നു, സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളാലും പൂജിതനായവൻ. അവിടെ ധർമ്മവിഭാഗങ്ങളാൽ സമന്വിതമായ പല ഉപദേശകഥകളും കേട്ടു.

तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: there)
आसीनःseated
आसीनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootआस् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) कर्तरि, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
सभा-मध्येin the middle of the assembly
सभा-मध्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसभा (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सभायाः मध्ये)
सर्वलोकैकपूजिते(in the place) revered by all worlds
सर्वलोकैकपूजिते:
Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वलोकैः एकतया पूजिते/सर्वलोकैः पूजिते)
नाना-कथाःvarious stories
नाना-कथाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (नानाविधाः कथाः)
श्रुताःwere heard
श्रुताः:
Kriya/Predicate (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (there)
धर्मवर्ग-समन्विताःendowed with the categories of dharma
धर्मवर्ग-समन्विताः:
Predicate (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (धर्मवर्गेण समन्विताः)

Dharmarāja (continuing narration)

Listener: Nārada

Scene: A grand celestial sabhā: Brahmā presiding, sages and devas seated; Dharmarāja sits among them, listening to varied dharma narratives; the hall glows with Vedic radiance.

D
Dharmarāja
B
Brahmā

FAQs

Dharma is learned through sacred discourse (kathā); listening in a sanctified assembly is itself a purifying practice.

The setting is Brahmā’s revered assembly (a celestial sabhā), not a named earthly pilgrimage site.

No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) to dharma-filled kathā.