Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

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

Translation

ఒకసారి ఇంద్రునితో కూడిన దేవతలు బ్రహ్మసభకు వెళ్లిరి. భూర్లోకాది సమస్తములు—స్థావరములు, చరములు—అన్నీ అక్కడే ఉన్నవి.

Word by Word

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• ब्रह्मसभायाम्: in Brahmā’s assembly
• ब्रह्मसभायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + सभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• गताः: having gone, went
• गताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सवासवाः: together with Vāsava (Indra)
• सवासवाः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सहार्थक-समास (with Indra)

• भूर्लोकाद्याः: those beginning with Bhūrloka
• भूर्लोकाद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूर्लोक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-सूचक

• स्थावराणि: immobile beings
• स्थावराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• चराणि: mobile beings
• चराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Vyāsa (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmaloka (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devas
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Bhūrloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

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

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

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

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

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