Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

अत्रैव स्थीयतां सर्वैर्यावच्चंद्रदिवाकरौ । यावन्मेरुर्महीपृष्ठे सागराः सप्त एव च

Transliteration

atraiva sthīyatāṃ sarvairyāvaccaṃdradivākarau | yāvanmerurmahīpṛṣṭhe sāgarāḥ sapta eva ca

Translation

ചന്ദ്രനും സൂര്യനും നിലനിൽക്കുന്നത്രയും, ഭൂമിയുടെ മേൽപ്പുറത്ത് മേരുവു നിലകൊള്ളുന്നത്രയും, ഏഴു സമുദ്രങ്ങൾ നിലനിൽക്കുന്നത്രയും—നിങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും ഇവിടെ തന്നേ പാർക്കുക।

Word by Word

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

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis: indeed/only)

• स्थीयताम्: let (it) be stayed; let (you) remain
• स्थीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive); प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd person plural); विधिलिङ्गार्थे आज्ञा: “let (you all) stay”

• सर्वैः: by all (of you)
• सर्वैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• यावत्: as long as; until
• यावत्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालपरिमाणवाचक (until/as long as)

• चन्द्रदिवाकरौ: the moon and the sun
• चन्द्रदिवाकरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), द्विवचन

• यावत्: as long as; until
• यावत्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालपरिमाणवाचक (until/as long as)

• मेरुः: Mount Meru
• मेरुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• महीपृष्ठे: on the surface of the earth
• महीपृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मही-स्य पृष्ठम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सागराः: oceans
• सागराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् (indeclinable numeral); विशेषण (qualifying ‘oceans’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: and)

Speaker

Rāmadeva (Śrī Rāma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembled group (addressed collectively)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/authority addresses a gathered group in a forest-kshetra; above them Sun and Moon as witnesses; in the far background the golden Meru and a ringed cosmographic ocean motif.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Moon)
• Divākara (Sun)
• Meru
• Sapta-sāgara (seven oceans)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is to be upheld with steadiness—an injunction grounded in cosmic permanence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Dharmāraṇya (Dharmaranya), presented as a sanctified forest-region within the Skanda Purana narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a solemn directive to remain and uphold the command.