Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अथ तेषूपविष्टेषु तपस्विषु महात्मसु । निर्दिष्टमासनं भेजे विनयाल्लोमहर्षणिः

Transliteration

atha teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu tapasviṣu mahātmasu | nirdiṣṭamāsanaṃ bheje vinayāllomaharṣaṇiḥ

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อเหล่าตบะสวีผู้มีจิตยิ่งใหญ่ได้นั่งประจำที่แล้ว โลมหรรษณะก็ด้วยความนอบน้อม รับอาสนะที่จัดไว้ให้ตามที่ชี้บอก

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/particle), आरम्भ/अनन्तरार्थक

• teṣu: among them
• teṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (सर्वनाम)

• upaviṣṭeṣu: when (they were) seated
• upaviṣṭeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• tapasviṣu: among the ascetics
• tapasviṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी

• mahātmasu: among the great-souled
• mahātmasu: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी

• nirdiṣṭam: indicated/assigned
• nirdiṣṭam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-diś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (आसनम्)

• āsanam: seat
• āsanam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• bheje: took/occupied
• bheje: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhaj (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• vinayāt: out of humility
• vinayāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vinaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन

• lomaharṣaṇiḥ: Lomaharṣaṇa
• lomaharṣaṇiḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lomaharṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) modestly accepts the indicated seat as the sages sit in orderly rows; the forest yajña-hall glows with calm firelight and scholarly anticipation.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaharṣaṇa
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility (vinaya) before saints and elders is a foundational dharma that dignifies sacred teaching and listening.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Naimiṣāraṇya; the verse focuses on the decorum of the assembly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; it models proper conduct in a dharma-sabhā (religious assembly).