Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा पूरा राजन्समस्तैर्लोककर्तृभिः । मर्यादा स्थापिता लोके यथा धर्मो न नश्यति

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā pūrā rājansamastairlokakartṛbhiḥ | maryādā sthāpitā loke yathā dharmo na naśyati

Translation

ครั้นรู้ดังนี้ โอ้พระราชา ในกาลก่อนเหล่าผู้ค้ำจุนโลกทั้งปวงได้สถาปนามรยาทและขอบเขตไว้ในโลก เพื่อให้ธรรมะมิพินาศ

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्ग: (none)

• पूरा: formerly
• पूरा: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal adverb/कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly/previously)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• समस्तैः: by all
• समस्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

• लोककर्तृभिः: by the makers/rulers of the world
• लोककर्तृभिः: Karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka + kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य कर्तारः)

• मर्यादा: boundary, rule, propriety
• मर्यादा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maryādā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• स्थापिता: was established
• स्थापिता: Kriya (Predicate—PPP/क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभाव

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Purpose/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रयोजनबोधक-अव्यय (so that/as)

• धर्मः: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• नश्यति: perishes
• नश्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: ancient sages and divine world-sustainers drawing boundary lines—riverbanks, city limits, and ritual precincts—while a king listens, symbolizing continuity of dharma through instituted norms.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• lokakartṛ (world-sustainers/creators)
• dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is safeguarded through consciously established limits—social, ritual, and moral.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not yet; the verse sets up why regulated practice and conduct matter.