Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

धर्मारण्यमिति ख्यातिस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । यथा संजायते देव तथा कुरु महेश्वर

Transliteration

dharmāraṇyamiti khyātistrailokye sacarācare | yathā saṃjāyate deva tathā kuru maheśvara

Translation

“ขอให้เกียรติคุณนามว่า ‘ธรรมารัณยะ’ บังเกิดไปทั่วไตรโลก ท่ามกลางสรรพสัตว์ทั้งที่เคลื่อนไหวและไม่เคลื่อนไหว ข้าแต่เทพ ข้าแต่มเหศวร—ขอทรงกระทำให้เป็นดังนั้น”

Word by Word

• धर्मारण्यम्: (the place called) Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• इति: thus, as (named)
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक-अव्यय (quotative/marker)

• ख्यातिः: fame, renown
• ख्यातिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + लोक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• सचराचरे: with the moving and the unmoving (beings)
• सचराचरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘trailokye’)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as, in such a way)

• संजायते: arises, comes to be
• संजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तथा: so, in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तद्वत्/एवमेव-अव्यय (so, thus)

• कुरु: do, make
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• महेश्वर: O Maheśvara
• महेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: महा + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Yama (continuing request)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary depiction of Dharmāraṇya’s fame spreading through the three worlds—celestials, humans, and beings of forests—hearing the name; Śiva as the cosmic guarantor of renown.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra’s sanctity is not merely local; true dharmic power radiates across worlds through divine establishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, praised as a universally renowned sacred forest/field.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse emphasizes kṣetra-khyāti (the propagation of a holy site’s fame).