Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तत्रस्थान्वणिजः शूरान्दक्षान्स्वव्यवसायके

Transliteration

tatrasthānvaṇijaḥ śūrāndakṣānsvavyavasāyake

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന വീരരും ദക്ഷരുമായ, തങ്ങളുടെ വ്യാപാരത്തിൽ നിപുണരായ വണിക്കരെ രാമൻ അഭിസംബോധന ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

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

• स्थान्: standing/remaining
• स्थान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थ (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय) → स्थान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृतान्त (भूतकृदन्त/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘स्थित’ अर्थे

• वणिजः: merchants
• वणिजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वणिज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• शूरान्: brave (men)
• शूरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• दक्षान्: skilled, capable
• दक्षान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• स्वव्यवसायके: in their own occupation/business
• स्वव्यवसायके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यवसाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: ‘स्वस्य व्यवसायः’); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘स्वव्यवसाये’ इति

Speaker

Narrator (contextual); Rāma is the acting speaker addressing the merchants

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands in a camp or market-edge assembly, addressing a group of merchants—alert, well-equipped, confident—amid banners and travel gear, indicating imminent departure toward a sacred forest-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• vaṇijaḥ (merchants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is pursued not only through worship but also through orderly conduct and cooperation on a sacred journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is being approached; the broader passage builds its tīrtha-māhātmya (glory) as a purifying sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated in this verse; it sets up the practical arrangements for reaching the tīrtha.