Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

अथ तत्रोपविष्टेषु राजन्येषु महात्मसु । महत्सु चोपविष्टेषु गंधर्वेषु च तत्र वै

Transliteration

atha tatropaviṣṭeṣu rājanyeṣu mahātmasu | mahatsu copaviṣṭeṣu gaṃdharveṣu ca tatra vai

Translation

तेव्हा तेथे महात्मा राजन्य क्षत्रिय आसनस्थ झाले, तसेच श्रेष्ठ जन आणि गंधर्वही त्या सभेत बसले—

Word by Word

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence/beginning particle)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• उपविष्टेषु: (when/among those) seated
• उपविष्टेषु: Adhikarana (Locative circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-√विश् (धातु) + उपविष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन (plural); (लिङ्ग) पुल्लिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे सम्भवम्—सप्तमी बहुवचन रूपम्; ‘उपविष्ट’ = seated

• राजन्येषु: among the kṣatriyas, nobles
• राजन्येषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• महात्मसु: among the great-souled ones
• महात्मसु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• महत्त्सु: among the great (ones)
• महत्त्सु: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• उपविष्टेषु: (when/among those) seated
• उपविष्टेषु: Adhikarana (Locative circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-√विश् (धातु) + उपविष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• गंधर्वेषु: among the Gandharvas
• गंधर्वेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/खलु-अर्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal assembly: noble Kṣatriyas and eminent elders seated in orderly rows; Gandharvas present as celestial witnesses, suggesting a semi-divine sabhā atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Rājanya (Kṣatriyas)
• Mahātman (great ones)
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is taught and upheld in disciplined assemblies where worthy listeners gather with respect.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse sets an assembly context for instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes orderly seating in a formal sabhā.