Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तत्रोद्विग्ना द्विजाः सर्वे पलायंते दिशो दश । गताः सर्वे भूमिदेवा स्त्यक्त्वा स्थानं मनोरमम्

Transliteration

tatrodvignā dvijāḥ sarve palāyaṃte diśo daśa | gatāḥ sarve bhūmidevā styaktvā sthānaṃ manoramam

Translation

ที่นั่น พราหมณ์ผู้เกิดสองครั้งทั้งปวงต่างหวาดหวั่น หนีไปทั้งสิบทิศ และเหล่า “เทวะแห่งแผ่นดิน” ก็พากันจากไป ละทิ้งสถานที่อันรื่นรมย์นั้น

Word by Word

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

• उद्विग्नाः: disturbed, anxious
• उद्विग्नाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्विग्न (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from उद्+विज्/विज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् द्विजाः प्रति

• द्विजाः: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् द्विजाः प्रति

• पलायन्ते: flee, run away
• पलायन्ते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पलाय् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्/दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; स्त्रीलिङ्ग-द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे दिशः प्रति (numeral qualifier)

• गताः: gone
• गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् भूमिदेवाः प्रति

• भूमिदेवाः: Brahmins (gods on earth)
• भूमिदेवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिदेव (प्रातिपदिक: भूमि + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriyā (Gerundial subordinate action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक

• स्थानम्: place, abode
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मनोरमम्: delightful, charming
• मनोरमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक: मनस् + रम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् स्थानम् प्रति

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmins with staffs and waterpots depart in all ten directions from a serene grove-city; abandoned altars and quiet homes remain; the landscape looks beautiful yet emptied.

Characters & Entities

• Dwijas (Brāhmaṇas)
• Dharmāraṇya (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When protectors of dharma are driven away, a sacred place’s visible religious life collapses, showing the social dimension of tīrtha-preservation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya and its charming settlement are the locale whose sanctity is implied by the presence of many dvijas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the consequences of sustained obstruction.