Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

धर्मारण्ये शुभे दिव्ये ते वसंति सुनिष्ठिताः । अन्नपानादिकं सर्वं समित्कुशफलादिकम्

Transliteration

dharmāraṇye śubhe divye te vasaṃti suniṣṭhitāḥ | annapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ samitkuśaphalādikam

Translation

ในธรรมาอรัณยะอันเป็นมงคลและทิพย์นั้น พวกเขาพำนักอย่างมั่นคงในวินัยตบะ ทุกสิ่งจำเป็น—อาหาร น้ำดื่ม รวมทั้งฟืนสมิธ หญ้ากุศะ ผลไม้ และสิ่งอื่น ๆ—มีพร้อมบริบูรณ์ที่นั่น

Word by Word

• धर्मारण्ये: in the Dharmāraṇya (forest of Dharma)
• धर्मारण्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मारण्य (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म + अरण्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying धर्मारण्ये)

• दिव्ये: divine
• दिव्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying धर्मारण्ये)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वसन्ति: dwell/live
• वसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुनिष्ठिताः: well-established/steadfast
• सुनिष्ठिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-निष्ठित (कृदन्त; नि-स्था/स्था धातु + क्त; उपसर्ग सु-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त, विशेषण (qualifying ते)

• अन्नपानादिकम्: food, drink, etc.
• अन्नपानादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न + पान + आदि (प्रातिपदिक; अन्नपानादि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying अन्नपानादिकम्)

• समित्कुशफलादिकम्: firewood, kuśa grass, fruits, etc.
• समित्कुशफलादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समित् + कुश + फल + आदि (प्रातिपदिक; समित्कुशफलादि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object/apposition to अन्नपानादिकम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene forest-kshetra with orderly āśrama huts; brahmins seated in calm discipline; piles of samit and kuśa, baskets of fruits, water pots, and simple food laid out—suggesting the forest’s providence.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Kuśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic land supports dharmic living: nature itself supplies what is needed for worship, sacrifice, and simple life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, praised as auspicious and divinely provisioned for spiritual residents.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit support for yajña and daily rites through availability of samit and kuśa; no explicit vow is mandated.