Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

कक्षीवानुवाच । पिता दीर्घतमानाम वेदारण्ये मम प्रभो

Transliteration

kakṣīvānuvāca | pitā dīrghatamānāma vedāraṇye mama prabho

Translation

Kakṣīvān berkata: “Wahai Tuanku, ayahandaku—bernama Dīrghatamas—bersemayam di rimba suci Vedāraṇya.”

Word by Word

• कक्षीवान्: Kakṣīvān (the sage)
• कक्षीवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्षीवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दीर्घतमानाम्: of Dīrghatamas (lineage/descendants)
• दीर्घतमानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वेदारण्ये: in the Veda-forest (Vedāraṇya)
• वेदारण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वेदस्य अरण्यम्)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Kakṣīvān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vedāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the king (nṛpa/dharāpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kakṣīvān respectfully addresses the king/lord, indicating his father Dīrghatamas dwelling in the sacred Vedāraṇya forest; the background suggests dense coastal woodland and an āśrama atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Kakṣīvān
• Dīrghatamas
• Vedāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are identified through the presence of realized sages; the forest becomes sacred as a living seat of tapas and Vedic power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vedāraṇya—presented as a sanctified forest-region associated with Vedic austerity and rishis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse establishes location and the sage’s residence as the devotional focus.