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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वैश्यः शूद्रो वा नृपसत्तम । विहितं कर्म कुर्वाणः स गच्छेत्परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro vā nṛpasattama | vihitaṃ karma kurvāṇaḥ sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim

Translation

ข้าแต่มหากษัตริย์ผู้ประเสริฐ ไม่ว่าจะเป็นพราหมณ์ กษัตริย์ ไวศยะ หรือศูทร—ผู้ใดปฏิบัติกรรมที่บัญญัติไว้ตามหน้าที่ของตน ผู้นั้นย่อมถึงคติอันสูงสุด

Word by Word
ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular
क्षत्रियःa Kshatriya
क्षत्रियः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular
वैश्यःa Vaishya
वैश्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular
शूद्रःa Shudra
शूद्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विकल्पार्थक) — ‘or’
नृपसत्तमO best of kings
नृपसत्तम:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयसमास (नृपः एव सत्तमः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular (address)
विहितम्prescribed
विहितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + धा (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past participle ‘prescribed/ordained’, Neuter accusative singular; qualifying ‘कर्म’
कर्मduty/act
कर्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular
कुर्वाणःdoing (while performing)
कुर्वाणः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (परस्मैपदी), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Present active participle ‘doing’, Masculine nominative singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular
गच्छेत्would/should go (attain)
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular
परमाम्supreme
परमाम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative singular; qualifying ‘गतिम्’
गतिम्state/destination
गतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative singular
Speaker

Narratorial voice within the dialogue context (immediately followed by Yudhiṣṭhira’s question; likely addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira as nṛpasattama)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as nṛpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal audience: Yudhiṣṭhira seated respectfully while a sage instructs him; behind them, symbolic figures of the four varṇas perform their duties—teaching, protection, trade, and service—under the gaze of the sacred river.

Characters & Entities
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by address)

FAQs

Liberation is accessible through sincere performance of one’s prescribed duties, regardless of social classification.

This verse is a general dharma teaching within the Revā Khaṇḍa; it does not name a specific tīrtha in this line.

No single rite is specified here; the prescription is broadly to perform vihita-karma (enjoined duties).

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