Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

विप्राणां पुरतः प्राह प्रश्रयेण वचस्तदा । ग्रामवृत्तिर्न मे लुप्ता एतद्वै देवनिर्मितम्

Transliteration

viprāṇāṃ purataḥ prāha praśrayeṇa vacastadā | grāmavṛttirna me luptā etadvai devanirmitam

Translation

แล้วพระองค์ตรัสด้วยความนอบน้อมต่อหน้าพราหมณ์ทั้งหลายว่า “ความเป็นอยู่ของหมู่บ้านมิได้ถูกเราทำลาย การจัดวางนี้แท้จริงเป็นสิ่งที่บัญญัติด้วยเทวานุญาต”

Word by Word

• विप्राणाम्: of the Brahmins
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• पुरतः: in front (of)
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (prepositional adverb: in front of)

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आह्/अह् (धातु; ‘आह’ इति)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रश्रयेण: with humility/respect
• प्रश्रयेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• वचः: words, speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• ग्रामवृत्तिः: village-maintenance/livelihood from the village
• ग्रामवृत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम-वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ग्राम + वृत्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ग्रामस्य वृत्तिः)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• लुप्ता: lost, taken away
• लुप्ता: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लुप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘lost/removed’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• देवनिर्मितम्: made by the gods/divinely made
• देवनिर्मितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव-निर्मित (प्रातिपदिक; देव + निर्मित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (देवेन निर्मितम्); ‘निर्मित’ = नि-मा/मि-धातोः क्त

Speaker

King Kumārapāla

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king stands before an assembly of brāhmaṇas, hands folded, speaking with humility; the village livelihood is shown intact, while the new arrangement is presented as divinely sanctioned.

Characters & Entities

• vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• grāmavṛtti
• deva-nirmita
• Kumārapāla (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-based leadership combines firmness in policy with humility before the learned and accountability to divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a courtly-dharma statement within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns justification of governance arrangements (grāmavṛtti).