Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मासने च ब्रह्माणं स्थापयामासुरादरात् । क्रोशचतुष्कमात्रां च वेदिं कृत्वा सुरैस्ततः

Transliteration

brahmāsane ca brahmāṇaṃ sthāpayāmāsurādarāt | krośacatuṣkamātrāṃ ca vediṃ kṛtvā suraistataḥ

Translation

ด้วยความเคารพยิ่ง พวกเขาอัญเชิญพระพรหมประทับบนพรหมาสนะ; แล้วเหล่าเทวดาจัดสร้างเวที (vedī) แท่นบูชายัญกว้างยาวสี่โกรศ

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मासने: on the seat of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मासने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मणः आसनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थापयामासुः: they installed/placed
• स्थापयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्ष-भूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) ‘स्थापय’—‘they installed/placed’

• आदरात्: out of respect
• आदरात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; कारणार्थे (out of respect)

• क्रोशचतुष्कमात्राम्: measuring four krośas
• क्रोशचतुष्कमात्राम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोश + चतुष्क + मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—क्रोशानां चतुष्कस्य मात्रा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) = ‘four-krośa in measure’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• वेदिम्: altar
• वेदिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन

• ततः: thereupon/then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/स्थानवाचक अव्यय (thereupon/then)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (Brahmāsana-vedī precinct)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā is respectfully seated on a radiant Brahmāsana; devas construct an immense vedī spanning four krośas, marked by banners, boundary lines, and ritual posts, with the central fire-space prepared.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devas
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is embodied in sacred order—reverence, proper seating of authority, and sanctified ritual space.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, whose ritual arena is described as vast and divinely arranged.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Installing Brahmā on the Brahmāsana and constructing a properly measured vedī (altar) for yajña.