Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मशालां कारयंति वेदमध्यापयंति च । विद्यादानं च ये कुर्युः पुराणं श्रावयंति च

Transliteration

brahmaśālāṃ kārayaṃti vedamadhyāpayaṃti ca | vidyādānaṃ ca ye kuryuḥ purāṇaṃ śrāvayaṃti ca

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മശാല സ്ഥാപിച്ച്, വേദാധ്യാപനം നടത്തിച്ച്, വിദ്യാദാനം ചെയ്ത്, പുരാണ പാരായണ-ശ്രവണത്തിന് ക്രമം ചെയ്യുന്നവർ—

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मशालाम्: a Vedic school/hall
• ब्रह्मशालाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + शाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मणः शाला (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• कारयन्ति: cause to be built/establish
• कारयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् (प्रेरण)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; णिजन्त (causative): ‘cause to be made/establish’

• वेदम्: the Veda
• वेदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• अध्यापयन्ति: teach (make study)
• अध्यापयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-√इ (धातु) + णिच् (प्रेरण)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; णिजन्त (causative): ‘make (others) study/teach’

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

• विद्यादानम्: gift of knowledge/education
• विद्यादानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—विद्यायाः दानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; relative pronoun

• कुर्युः: should do
• कुर्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘should do/may do’

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• श्रावयन्ति: make (others) hear; recite
• श्रावयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + णिच् (प्रेरण)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; णिजन्त (causative): ‘cause to hear/recite to others’

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly built Brahmaśālā with students seated in rows chanting Veda; a teacher instructs; nearby, an assembly listens to Purāṇa recitation from a vyāsa on a raised seat; the donor stands respectfully at the side.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting sacred education—institutions, teachers, and scriptural listening—is portrayed as a high form of dharma and dāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; the verse fits the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader praise of dharmic acts connected to sacred learning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Veda-adhyāpana (supporting Vedic teaching) and Purāṇa-śravaṇa (arranging Purāṇic recitation/listening).