Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

वायुपुत्र महावीर तव पूजा भविष्यति । अस्य क्षेत्रस्य रक्षायै त्वमत्र स्थितिमाचर

Transliteration

vāyuputra mahāvīra tava pūjā bhaviṣyati | asya kṣetrasya rakṣāyai tvamatra sthitimācara

Translation

“โอ้บุตรแห่งพระวายุ มหาวีร ผู้กล้าหาญยิ่ง การบูชาของท่านจักได้รับการสถาปนา เพื่อคุ้มครองกษेत्रอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ จงพำนักอยู่ ณ ที่นี้ และดำรงตนเป็นผู้พิทักษ์เถิด”

Word by Word

• वायु-पुत्र: O son of Vayu
• वायु-पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधनविभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• महा-वीर: O great hero
• महा-वीर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधनविभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् वीरः)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; धातुः—भू (to be)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• रक्षायै: for protection
• रक्षायै: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी विभक्तिः (4th/Dative), एकवचनम्; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• स्थितिम्: station, abiding presence
• स्थितिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• आचर: practice/undertake
• आचर: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम्; धातुः—चर् (to practice/perform) उपसर्गः—आ

Speaker

Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma addresses Hanumān directly: Hanumān stands heroic yet humble, hands folded; behind them the sacred grove and a nascent shrine space indicating future worship establishment.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vāyuputra (Hanumān)
• Kṣetra (Dharmāraṇya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are protected through dharmic guardianship; devotion (pūjā) to the kṣetra’s protector is affirmed as part of preserving sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra is highlighted as a sanctified region worthy of divine protection and ongoing worship traditions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The establishment of pūjā (regular worship) to Vāyuputra (Hanumān) as the kṣetra’s guardian.