Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा सुखमिच्छुर्द्विजन्मनाम् । तेषां स्थानं तु दत्तं वै सुखवासं तु नामतः

Transliteration

teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā sukhamicchurdvijanmanām | teṣāṃ sthānaṃ tu dattaṃ vai sukhavāsaṃ tu nāmataḥ

Translation

അവരുടെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട്, ദ്വിജന്മാരുടെ ക്ഷേമം ആഗ്രഹിച്ച്, അദ്ദേഹം അവർക്കു തീർച്ചയായും ഒരു നിവാസസ്ഥാനം നൽകി; അത് പേരിൽ ‘സുഖവാസം’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായി.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• वचनम्: speech / words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘श्रुत्वा’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘इच्छुः’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• इच्छुः: desiring
• इच्छुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष् (धातु) + उ (उणादि/कृदन्त-प्रत्यय) → इच्छु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इच्छु (desiderative agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit subject)

• द्विजन्मनाम्: of the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजन्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि-जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + जन्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘द्विज’ इत्यर्थे

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• स्थानम्: a place
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (passive sense)

• तु: and / indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• सुखवासम्: (called) ‘Sukhavāsa’
• सुखवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख-वास (प्रातिपदिक; सुख + वास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नाम (appositive naming)

• तु: and / indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• नामतः: by name / in name
• नामतः: Adverbial (हेतु/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); ‘नाम’ + तस् (tasil)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sukhavāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, moved by concern for dvijas, formally grants a designated settlement; a scribe or herald proclaims the name ‘Sukhavāsa’ as the community receives the grant with relief.

Characters & Entities

• Sukhavāsa
• Dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protecting and settling the learned in a peaceful place is a concrete expression of dharma and generates auspiciousness for the realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sukhavāsa, established within the Dharmāraṇya sacred region, is highlighted as an auspicious abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified; the verse records the dharmic act of granting a named settlement (Sukhavāsa).