Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्र त्वं देवदेवेश गमने कुरु मानसम् । यथा सत्तीर्थतां याति धर्मारण्यमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tatra tvaṃ devadeveśa gamane kuru mānasam | yathā sattīrthatāṃ yāti dharmāraṇyamanuttamam

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് ഹേ ദേവദേവേശ, അവിടേക്ക് പോകുവാൻ മനസ്സുറപ്പിക്കണമേ; അങ്ങനെ അനുത്തമ ധർമ്മാരണ്യം സതീർത്ഥത്വം പ്രാപിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवदेवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवदेवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + deva + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; ‘देवानां देवः’ + ‘ईशः’ (Lord of the god of gods / Lord of gods)

• गमने: in the matter of going
• गमने: Adhikaraṇa (Topic/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विषय/अधिकरण (in/with regard to going)

• कुरु: make, set
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• मानसम्: mind, intention
• मानसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Prayojana (Purpose marker/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (so that/as)

• सत्तीर्थताम्: true tīrtha-status, genuine sanctity
• सत्तीर्थताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + tīrthatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘सत्-तीर्थता’ = उत्तमा/सत् तीर्थता (true sanctity of a tīrtha)

• याति: attains, goes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• धर्मारण्यम्: Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + āraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; स्थाननाम (name of the forest)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu (Devadeveśa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā urges Viṣṇu to set his mind on traveling so that Dharmāraṇya attains renowned, authentic tīrtha-status; the moment carries forward-motion and consecratory power.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-deveśa (Viṣṇu)
• Dharmāraṇya
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place becomes fully manifest as a tīrtha through the presence and consent of the Divine, not merely by geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is explicitly praised as ‘anuttama’ and destined to be established as a sat-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā (journey) is implied—Viṣṇu is requested to go there to confer tīrtha-status.