Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

स्थापिता वाडवास्तत्र वेदवेदांगपारगाः । तेषां वै परिचर्यार्थं कामधेनुश्च प्रार्थिता

Transliteration

sthāpitā vāḍavāstatra vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ | teṣāṃ vai paricaryārthaṃ kāmadhenuśca prārthitā

Translation

Ali foram estabelecidos os Vāḍavās, versados nos Vedas e nos Vedāṅgas. E, para seu serviço e sustento, também se suplicou à sagrada Kāmadhenu.

Word by Word

• स्थापिताः: were established/placed
• स्थापिताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्थापित (कृदन्त; √स्था (धातु) + णिच्/प्रेरणार्थ, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘स्थापिताः’ = ‘स्थापिताः सन्ति’ (elliptic)

• वाडवाः: the Vāḍavas (a group/people)
• वाडवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारगाः: versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारगाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘वेदवेदाङ्गयोः पारगाः’

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• परिचर्य-अर्थम्: for (their) service/attendance
• परिचर्य-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिचर्या (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक समास: ‘परिचर्यायाः अर्थम्’ (for the purpose of service)

• कामधेनुः: Kāmadhenu (the wish-fulfilling cow)
• कामधेनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• प्रार्थिता: was requested/entreated
• प्रार्थिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रार्थित (कृदन्त; √अर्थ्/√प्रार्थ् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘प्रार्थिता (अभवत्)’

Speaker

Vijaya (continuing the conveyed message, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil forest-āśrama with Vedic scholars seated under trees, reciting; nearby a radiant divine cow (Kāmadhenu) is invoked for their upkeep; offerings of milk, ghee, and kusa-grass rituals in the foreground.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya (context)
• Vāḍavās
• Vedas
• Vedāṅgas
• Kāmadhenu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustaining Vedic practitioners is a dharmic priority; sacred prosperity (symbolized by Kāmadhenu) is invoked for righteous service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is portrayed as a sanctified Vedic center where learned communities are established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the support/maintenance (paricaryā) of Veda-knowers is commended, aligning with dāna and patronage though not detailed here.