Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

न वेदाध्ययनं तत्र न च यज्ञः प्रवर्तते । मनुजास्तत्र तिष्ठंति न कर्णाटभयार्दिताः

Transliteration

na vedādhyayanaṃ tatra na ca yajñaḥ pravartate | manujāstatra tiṣṭhaṃti na karṇāṭabhayārditāḥ

Translation

అక్కడ వేదాధ్యయనం సాగలేదు, యజ్ఞమూ ప్రవృత్తి కాలేదు; అక్కడ మనుష్యులు నివసించిరి—కర్ణాటభయంతో ఇక బాధపడక.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation)

• वेदाध्ययनम्: study of the Veda
• वेदाध्ययनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदाध्ययन (प्रातिपदिक: वेद + अध्ययन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation)

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

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रवर्तते: proceeds, takes place
• प्रवर्तते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• मनुजाः: people, men
• मनुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stay, remain
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation)

• कर्णाटभयार्दिताः: afflicted by fear of the Karṇāṭas
• कर्णाटभयार्दिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्णाटभयार्दित (प्रातिपदिक: कर्णाट + भय + आर्दित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् मनुजाः प्रति

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Yajña
• Karṇāṭas (Karṇāṭa people)
• Dharmāraṇya (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When fear and instability dominate, Vedic learning and yajña cease—showing how external insecurity can extinguish dharmic institutions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred region whose ritual life is described as having been interrupted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it notes the stoppage of vedādhyayana and yajña as a sign of dharmic disruption.