Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तपश्चरतमासीनं ध्यायन्वेदाटवी पतिम् । पुरोहितो ददर्शाथ जपंतं मंत्रमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tapaścaratamāsīnaṃ dhyāyanvedāṭavī patim | purohito dadarśātha japaṃtaṃ maṃtramuttamam

Translation

แล้วปุโรหิตหลวงได้เห็นท่าน—นั่งมั่นในตบะ เพ่งภาวนาถึงพระนาถแห่งป่าเวทา และสวดภาวนามนต์อันประเสริฐอย่างแผ่วเบา

Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (accusative of respect/extent)

• चरतम्: performing (practising)
• चरतम्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता) (participial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तपः चरन्’ = performing austerity

• आसीनम्: seated
• आसीनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (qualifier of the seen person)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘seated’

• ध्यायन्: meditating
• ध्यायन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता) (participial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘meditating’

• वेदाटवी: the forest of the Vedas
• वेदाटवी: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अटवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वेदानाम् अटवी); प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• पतिम्: lord, master
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (object of ‘dhyāyan’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुरोहितः: the priest
• पुरोहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• जपन्तम्: chanting
• जपन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (qualifier of the seen person)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘chanting’

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (object of ‘japantam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मन्त्रस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vedāraṇya (Vedāṭavī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage sits in padmāsana within a dense sacred forest, eyes half-closed in meditation, rosary in hand, with a calm aura; a royal priest approaches quietly, witnessing the mantra-japa.

Characters & Entities

• Dīrghatamas
• Vedāṭavī-pati (Lord of Vedāraṇya)
• Purohita

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mahatmya is realized through practice—tapas, meditation, and mantra-japa transform a place into a living shrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vedāraṇya (Vedāṭavī), whose presiding Lord is invoked as Vedāṭavī-pati.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-japa and dhyāna are explicitly depicted as the sage’s core observance.