Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

नानाशास्त्रार्थनिपुणा नानाभरणभूषिताः । वृक्षादिकर्मकुशला दीर्घरोषाश्च रोगिणः

Transliteration

nānāśāstrārthanipuṇā nānābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ | vṛkṣādikarmakuśalā dīrgharoṣāśca rogiṇaḥ

Translation

അവർ പല ശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളുടെ അർത്ഥത്തിൽ നിപുണരും വിവിധ ആഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കൃതരുമാണ്; വൃക്ഷാദി പ്രവൃത്തികളിൽ പ്രാവീണ്യമുള്ളവർ, എന്നാൽ ദീർഘകാല കോപവും രോഗവും ഉള്ളവരുമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• नाना: various
• नाना: Sambandha (Qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adjective-like indeclinable)

• शास्त्रार्थनिपुणाः: skilled in the meanings of scriptures
• शास्त्रार्थनिपुणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शास्त्र-अर्थ-निपुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• नाना: various
• नाना: Sambandha (Qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adjective-like indeclinable)

• भरणभूषिताः: adorned with ornaments
• भरणभूषिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भरण-भूषित (प्रातिपदिक; भूषित < भूष् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) विशेषण

• वृक्षादिकर्मकुशलाः: skilled in works like (cutting/handling) trees etc.
• वृक्षादिकर्मकुशलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृक्ष-आदि-कर्म-कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• दीर्घरोषाः: long-angered, holding anger long
• दीर्घरोषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ-रोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• रोगिणः: diseased persons
• रोगिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of scholars glittering with ornaments and tools for arboriculture/woodcraft; behind the brilliance, faces show simmering anger and fatigue/illness.

Characters & Entities

• Śāstra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Learning and skill do not automatically yield inner peace; controlling anger and maintaining health are part of living dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive.