Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

शेषला बुधला प्रोक्ताधारशांतिस्तथैव च । अस्मिन्ग्रामे च ये जाता ब्राह्मणाः सत्यवादिनः

Transliteration

śeṣalā budhalā proktādhāraśāṃtistathaiva ca | asmingrāme ca ye jātā brāhmaṇāḥ satyavādinaḥ

Translation

शेषला व बुधला अशी सांगितली आहेत, तसेच आधारशांतीही। आणि या गावात जे ब्राह्मण जन्मले आहेत, ते सत्यवचन करणारे आहेत।

Word by Word

• śeṣalā: Śeṣalā (name)
• śeṣalā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣalā (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• budhalā: Budhalā (name)
• budhalā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budhalā (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• proktā: is called
• proktā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु) + प्र-उपसर्ग; prokta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘(she is) called’

• dhāraśāṃtiḥ: Dhāraśānti (name)
• dhāraśāṃtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāra + śāṃti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘धारायाः शान्तिः’/नाम

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘in this’

• grāme: in the village
• grāme: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘in the village’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• ye: who/those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• jātāḥ: born
• jātāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jan (जन् धातु) + jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘born’

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• satyavādinaḥ: truth-speaking
• satyavādinaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya + vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘सत्यं वदन्ति’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; concluding a local lineage and community description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed village within Dharmāraṇya narrative (asmin grāme)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A peaceful village with brāhmaṇas teaching, performing sandhyā, and speaking truth in a public assembly; Devī-names (Śeṣalā, Budhalā, Ādhāraśānti) hover as protective presences or are represented as village guardian shrines.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthfulness (satya) is upheld as the hallmark of dharmic community life within a sanctified region.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights a particular ‘village in Dharmāraṇya’ as a dharmic locale, though it does not name a separate tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is commendatory, praising truthfulness and naming associated lineages.