Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

वेलोला हुराश्चैवा असाला कुशश्चैव धारणा च द्वितीय कम्

Transliteration

velolā hurāścaivā asālā kuśaścaiva dhāraṇā ca dvitīya kam

Translation

เวโลลาและหุรา อีกทั้งอศาลา; กุศะด้วย; และธารณะ—ทั้งหมดนี้เป็นชุดที่สอง

Word by Word

• वेलोला: Velolā (name)
• वेलोला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेलोला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हुराः: Hurās (names/group)
• हुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• असाला: Asālā (name)
• असाला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुशः: Kuśa (name)
• कुशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• धारणा: Dhāraṇā (name)
• धारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• द्वितीय: second
• द्वितीय: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• कम्: whom?/which? (acc. sg.)
• कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relaying a traditional list)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like procession: pilgrims move from Velolā to Hurā to Asālā to Kuśa to Dhāraṇā; each stop has a small shrine and a welcoming brahmin household; the narrator marks it as the ‘second circuit’.

Characters & Entities

• Velolā
• Hurā
• Asālā
• Kuśa
• Dhāraṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Orderly enumeration reflects the Purāṇic aim of preserving dharmic memory with precision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya region is the setting; this verse lists names in a grouped sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated.