Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

अदृष्टरूपी हनुमांस्तत्र भ्रमति नित्यशः । त्रैविद्या वाडवा यत्र चातुर्विद्यास्तथैव च

Transliteration

adṛṣṭarūpī hanumāṃstatra bhramati nityaśaḥ | traividyā vāḍavā yatra cāturvidyāstathaiva ca

Translation

അവിടെ അദൃശ്യരൂപനായ ഹനുമാൻ നിത്യവും സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു; അവിടെ വാഡവർ ത്രൈവಿದ್ಯയിൽ നിപുണരും, അതുപോലെ ചിലർ ചാതുർവിദ്യയിലും നിപുണരുമാണ്.

Word by Word

• adṛṣṭarūpī: of unseen form, invisible
• adṛṣṭarūpī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘hanūmān’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अदृष्टं रूपं यस्य)

• hanūmān: Hanumān
• hanūmān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: there)

• bhramati: wanders, roams
• bhramati: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• nityaśaḥ: constantly
• nityaśaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always/continually)

• traividyāḥ: those of threefold learning (knowers of three Vedas)
• traividyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘vāḍavāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; द्विगुसमासः (त्रयो विद्या येषां ते)

• vāḍavāḥ: Vāḍavas
• vāḍavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• cāturvidyāḥ: those of fourfold learning
• cāturvidyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘vāḍavāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; द्विगुसमासः (चतस्रो विद्या येषां ते)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: so, likewise)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Nipāta (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक-अव्यय (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Vyāsa (contextual)

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmān
• Dharmāraṇya (implied by tatra)
• Vāḍava
• trai-vidyā
• cātur-vidyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are sustained by divine guardianship and living learning; devotion and knowledge together keep dharma luminous even in Kali-yuga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is implied as the sanctified locale where Hanūmān continually roams in unseen form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given; the verse emphasizes ongoing sanctity through Hanūmān’s presence and Vedic learning traditions.