Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

विद्याश्चतुर्द्दशास्यैव भासंते पठिता इव । सूर्यवद्द्योतते भूमावानंदमा श्रितो नरः

Transliteration

vidyāścaturddaśāsyaiva bhāsaṃte paṭhitā iva | sūryavaddyotate bhūmāvānaṃdamā śrito naraḥ

Translation

അവനു ചതുര്ദശ വിദ്യകളും പഠിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളതുപോലെ സ്വയം പ്രകാശിക്കുന്നു. ആനന്ദത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതനായ ആ നരൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ സൂര്യനെപ്പോലെ തേജസ്സോടെ ദീപ്തനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• विद्याः: knowledges, sciences
• विद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + दश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्याशब्द)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective), (here) प्रथमा-बहुवचन-स्त्रीलिङ्गानुगुण (agreeing with विद्याः)

• अस्य: of him/this (person)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• भासन्ते: shine, appear radiant
• भासन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भास् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• पठिताः: studied, read
• पठिताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पठ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (agreeing with विद्याः)

• इव: as if, like
• इव: Avyaya (Comparison marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• सूर्यवत्: like the sun
• सूर्यवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: वत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverbial ‘like the sun’)

• द्योतते: shines, glows
• द्योतते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्योत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• भूमौ: on the earth, on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आनन्दम्: bliss, joy
• आनन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आश्रितः: having resorted to, resting in
• आश्रितः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नरः: man, person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sādhaka seated in a forest-kshetra, suffused with calm radiance; around him symbolic scrolls/lotuses representing the fourteen vidyās glow as if self-revealed; the earth below is gently illuminated like sunrise.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacred merit is not only protective or material; it culminates in clarity of knowledge and inner bliss that makes one spiritually radiant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied holy setting where such knowledge and radiance are said to manifest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the verse highlights the fruit—mastery-like brilliance of the fourteen vidyās and sun-like spiritual radiance.