Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

निवासं कारयामासुर्नातिदूरे नरेश्वर । वजिङ्नाम्ना हि तद्ग्रामं वासयामासुरेव ते

Transliteration

nivāsaṃ kārayāmāsurnātidūre nareśvara | vajiṅnāmnā hi tadgrāmaṃ vāsayāmāsureva te

Translation

ഹേ നരേശ്വര, അതിദൂരമല്ലാത്തിടത്ത് അവർ വാസസ്ഥലങ്ങൾ പണിയിച്ചു; പിന്നെ ആ ഗ്രാമത്തെ ‘വജിങ്’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ തന്നെ സ്ഥാപിച്ചു പാർപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• निवासम्: a dwelling/settlement
• निवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन

• कारयामासुः: caused (it) to be made
• कारयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः—'caused to be made'

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अतिदूरे: at a not-too-far distance
• अतिदूरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; सप्तमी-एकवचनार्थे अव्ययवत् (locative sense: 'too far away')

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• वजिङ्नाम्ना: by the name 'Vajiṅ'
• वजिङ्नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वजिङ् (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वजिङ्-नाम्ना = 'by the name Vajiṅ')

• हि: indeed
• हि: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: indeed)

• तद्ग्रामम्: that village
• तद्ग्रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तत् ग्रामम् = 'that village')

• वासयामासुः: settled (people) / caused to inhabit
• वासयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः—'caused to dwell/settled'

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: 'only/indeed')

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/Subject), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration) addressing a King (nareśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Muktāraṇya (adjacent) / Vajiṅ-grāma (support settlement)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: नरेश्वर/राजन् (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clearing near the sacred forest where huts and houses are being built; leaders designate the village name ‘Vajiṅ’; the sacred forest remains visible but set apart.

Characters & Entities

• Vajiṅ (village-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid upheaval, dharmic communities re-root themselves near sanctified regions, turning refuge into orderly settlement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The settlement is described as near the sacred Dharmāraṇya/Muktāraṇya context; the verse supports the sacred-geography mapping of the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records the building of dwellings and the naming of a village.