Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

ते नातिदूरे गत्वा वै मंडलं चक्रुरुत्तमम् । विप्रागमनकांक्षास्ते तत्र वासमकल्पयन्

Transliteration

te nātidūre gatvā vai maṃḍalaṃ cakruruttamam | viprāgamanakāṃkṣāste tatra vāsamakalpayan

Translation

พวกเขาไปไม่ไกลนัก แล้วจัดตั้งมณฑลคือค่ายพักอันประเสริฐ ครั้นปรารถนาการมาถึงของพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย จึงจัดที่พำนักอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

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

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अतिदूरे: very far
• अतिदूरे: Adverbial (Extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतिदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial locative)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मंडलम्: a circle/enclosure
• मंडलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चक्रुः: they made
• चक्रुः: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘मण्डलम्’

• विप्रागमनकांक्षाः: desiring the brāhmaṇa’s arrival
• विप्रागमनकांक्षाः: Karta (Subject, appositive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्र-आगमन-काङ्क्षा (प्रातिपदिक; विप्रस्य आगमनं काङ्क्षा येषाम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (विप्रागमनं काङ्क्षन्ति इति)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्त-कर्तृनिर्देश

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• वासम्: dwelling/residence
• वासम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अकल्पयन्: they arranged / set up
• अकल्पयन्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अ-कल्पय् (धातु; causative of √कॢप्/कल्प्)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (nearby) / Maṇḍala-sthāna (encampment site)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circular encampment (maṇḍala) with tents/huts arranged neatly; a central fire or small shrine; merchants looking down the path expectantly for brāhmaṇas; forest boundary close by.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
• Maṇḍala (encampment/place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained by community cohesion and reverence for spiritual leadership; the group settles while awaiting the brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A locality associated with ‘Maṇḍala’ is introduced as part of the Dharmāraṇya sacred-geography narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse describes forming a maṇḍala (organized enclosure) and settling in place.