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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

एकदा ब्रह्मसभायां गता देवाः सवासवाः । भूर्लोकाद्याश्च सर्वे हि स्थावराणि चराणि च

ekadā brahmasabhāyāṃ gatā devāḥ savāsavāḥ | bhūrlokādyāśca sarve hi sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

Pada suatu ketika, para dewa bersama Indra pergi ke balai perhimpunan Brahmā. Dari Bhūrloka dan seterusnya, semua makhluk turut hadir di sana—yang tidak bergerak dan yang bergerak.

एकदाonce
एकदा:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएकदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
ब्रह्मसभायाम्in Brahmā’s assembly
ब्रह्मसभायाम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् + सभा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
गताःhaving gone, went
गताः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
सवासवाःtogether with Vāsava (Indra)
सवासवाः:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootस + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सहार्थक-समास (with Indra)
भूर्लोकाद्याःthose beginning with Bhūrloka
भूर्लोकाद्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभूर्लोक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
and
:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-सूचक
स्थावराणिimmobile beings
स्थावराणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
चराणिmobile beings
चराणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
and
:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Vyāsa (narration continues)

Tirtha: Brahmaloka (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Listener: Pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Scene: A vast celestial hall with Brahmā’s throne; devas led by Indra enter in orderly procession; beings from Bhūrloka and beyond appear as a layered cosmic congregation.

B
Brahmā
D
Devas
I
Indra (Vāsava)
B
Bhūrloka

FAQs

Cosmic governance is portrayed as ordered and consultative; divine assemblies symbolize harmony and responsibility across worlds.

No specific tīrtha is named; the Dharmāraṇya section frames its holiness through grand Purāṇic events and divine participation.

None; it is scene-setting for a theological narrative.