Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

भूर्जपत्रेण संवेष्ट्य ते अदाद्विप्रकक्षयोः । वामे तु वामकक्षोत्थां दक्षिणोत्थां तु दक्षिणे

Transliteration

bhūrjapatreṇa saṃveṣṭya te adādviprakakṣayoḥ | vāme tu vāmakakṣotthāṃ dakṣiṇotthāṃ tu dakṣiṇe

Translation

เขาห่อด้วยเปลือกไม้เบิร์ช แล้วมอบไว้ที่รักแร้ของพราหมณ์—ห่อจากซ้ายวางไว้ด้านซ้าย และห่อจากขวาวางไว้ด้านขวา

Word by Word

• भूर्जपत्रेण: with birch-bark (leaf)
• भूर्जपत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूर्ज + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भूर्जस्य पत्रम्)

• संवेष्ट्य: having wrapped
• संवेष्ट्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + वेष्ट् (धातु) → संवेष्ट्य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (पूर्वकाल क्रिया) — having wrapped

• ते: to them
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन

• अदात्: gave
• अदात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विप्रकक्षयोः: in/at the two brāhmaṇas' armpits
• विप्रकक्षयोः: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + कक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विप्रस्य कक्षा)

• वामे: on the left (side)
• वामे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (कक्षे इति अध्याहृत)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/विरोध) — but/indeed

• वामकक्षोत्थाम्: (the packet) arising from the left armpit
• वामकक्षोत्थाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाम + कक्ष + उत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वामायाः कक्षायाः उत्था)

• दक्षिणोत्थाम्: (the packet) arising from the right (side)
• दक्षिणोत्थाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण + उत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दक्षिणात् उत्था)

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अवधारण)

• दक्षिणे: on the right (side)
• दक्षिणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (कक्षे इति अध्याहृत)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing the account of Añjanīputra’s act)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The two packets are wrapped in birch-bark and placed into the sages’ armpits, left packet on the left and right packet on the right—an exacting, almost ritualized choreography of concealment and safekeeping.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūrjapatra
• Vipra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Order, precision, and proper handling of sacred tokens support truth and prevent confusion—dharma values clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse describes the preparation and secure keeping of the identifying sign within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A procedural detail is given: the tokens are wrapped in birch-bark and placed correspondingly on left and right for correct identification.