Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

ततः प्रोवाच वै हृष्टो ब्रह्मा तं केशवं वचः । न भयं विद्यतेऽस्माकं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

tataḥ provāca vai hṛṣṭo brahmā taṃ keśavaṃ vacaḥ | na bhayaṃ vidyate'smākaṃ trailokye sacarācare

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഹർഷിതനായ ബ്രഹ്മൻ കേശവനോടു പറഞ്ഞു—ചരാചരസഹിതമായ ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിൽ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് എവിടെയും ഭയം ഇല്ല.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• प्रोवाच: said, spoke forth
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from हृष्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• केशवम्: Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• केशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वचः: words, speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘speech/words’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विद्यते: exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः’ (the three worlds)

• सचराचरे: with the moving and the unmoving
• सचराचरे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + cara + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘चर + अचर’ इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व, ‘स’ = सह (with)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu (Keśava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, pleased, reassures Viṣṇu that no fear exists in the three worlds; the assembly’s posture relaxes, turning toward a devotional request.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Those established in divine order need not be shaken by fear; dharma sustains the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s tīrtha is the underlying destination, though not named explicitly in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a reassurance within the narrative.