Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एतदुक्तं महाभाग धर्मारण्यस्य वर्णनम् । फलं चैवात्र सर्वं हि यदुक्तं शूलपाणिना

Transliteration

etaduktaṃ mahābhāga dharmāraṇyasya varṇanam | phalaṃ caivātra sarvaṃ hi yaduktaṃ śūlapāṇinā

Translation

ହେ ମହାଭାଗ! ଧର୍ମାରଣ୍ୟର ଏହି ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନ କୁହାଗଲା; ଏଠାର ସମସ୍ତ ଫଳ ଶୂଳପାଣି ପ୍ରଭୁ ଯେପରି କହିଛନ୍ତି ସେପରି ହିଁ।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Neuter, Nom/Acc singular; ‘this’)

• uktam: said, stated
• uktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (वच्) (कृदन्त—क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि (Neuter Nom/Acc singular; ‘said’)

• mahā-bhāga: O fortunate one
• mahā-bhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘महान् भागः यस्य’ (Masculine, Vocative singular; address)

• dharma-āraṇyasya: of Dharmāraṇya
• dharma-āraṇyasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + āraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-नाम (Neuter, Genitive singular; ‘of Dharma-forest/Dharmāraṇya’)

• varṇanam: description
• varṇanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Neuter Nom/Acc singular)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Neuter Nom/Acc singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Neuter Nom/Acc singular; ‘all’)

• hi: for, indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; causal/emphatic)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (Neuter Nom/Acc singular; relative ‘which/that’)

• uktam: said
• uktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (वच्) (कृदन्त—क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Neuter Nom/Acc singular; ‘said’)

• śūla-pāṇinā: by Śūlapāṇi (Śiva)
• śūla-pāṇinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि ‘शूलः पाणौ यस्य सः’ (Masculine, Instrumental singular; ‘by the one who has a trident in hand’ = Śiva)

Speaker

Vyāsa (closing statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the account, gesturing toward a triśūla and liṅga symbol; a scroll unfurls with the words 'śūlapāṇinā uktam' while the forest shrine glows quietly behind.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Śūlapāṇi (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-māhātmya is validated by divine testimony; the promised fruits are to be trusted as Śiva’s own word.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya as a whole (and its associated tīrthas) is being concluded and praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it functions as a phalaśruti-style closure affirming previously stated benefits.