Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अन्यमार्गे गता यस्मात्तस्मात्तन्नामसंभवम् । ग्रामं निवासयामासुरडालंजमिति क्षितौ

Transliteration

anyamārge gatā yasmāttasmāttannāmasaṃbhavam | grāmaṃ nivāsayāmāsuraḍālaṃjamiti kṣitau

Translation

அவர்கள் வேறு வழியில் சென்றதால், அந்தச் சூழ்நிலையிலிருந்து அந்தப் பெயர் தோன்றியது; மேலும் பூமியில் “அடாலஞ்ச” எனும் கிராமத்தை நிறுவினர்।

Word by Word

• अन्य: other
• अन्य: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘मार्गे’ विशेषण

• मार्गे: on a path
• मार्गे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• गताः: having gone
• गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘अस्मि’ लुप्त

• यस्मात्: because of which/from which
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘संभवम्’ विशेषण

• नाम: name
• नाम: Sambandha (Genitival sense/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• संभवम्: origin/coming into being
• संभवम्: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘तत्’ विशेष्य

• ग्रामम्: village
• ग्रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• निवासयामासुः: they caused to dwell/they settled
• निवासयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वास् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रेरण (causative), लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• अडालंजम्: (named) Aḍālaṃja
• अडालंजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अडालंज (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘ग्रामम्’ विशेषण/नाम (as name of the village)

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• क्षितौ: on the earth
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Vyāsa continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aḍālaṃja

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Travelers mark out land, set boundary stones, and begin a small village; an elder explains the name derived from taking an ‘other path’.

Characters & Entities

• Aḍālaṃja (village/place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas link geography with moral memory—events become sanctified through naming, turning travel-history into sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya region, with a named settlement “Aḍālaṃja,” is being mapped as part of the wider tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains settlement and name-origination.