Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ते शंकरेणाथ धर्मोपि वृषरूपधृक् । उवाह परमेशानं तदाप्रभृति गालव

Transliteration

ityukte śaṃkareṇātha dharmopi vṛṣarūpadhṛk | uvāha parameśānaṃ tadāprabhṛti gālava

Translation

ครั้นศังกรตรัสดังนี้แล้ว ธรรมะก็ทรงรูปเป็นโคอุสุภะ และนับแต่นั้นได้อัญเชิญพระปรเมศานขึ้นประทับไว้ โอ้ กาลวะ

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• उक्ते: when (it was) said
• उक्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), सति-सप्तमी/locative absolute: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (उक्ते सति)

• शंकरेण: by Śaṅkara
• शंकरेण: Karta (Agent in locative absolute context/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरता सूचक)

• धर्मः: Dharma
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि = also)

• वृषरूपधृक्: bearer of a bull-form
• वृषरूपधृक्: Viśeṣaṇa (Appositive/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhṛk (√dhṛ + क्विप्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वृषस्य रूपं धृक्), कृदन्त (क्विप्-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (धर्मस्य विशेषण/नाम)

• उवाह: carried, bore
• उवाह: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• परमेशानम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेशानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (परमः ईशानः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal marker/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (आ-प्रभृति/starting from; postposition-like)

• गालव: O Gālava
• गालव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gālava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, likely Sūta within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gālava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharma transforms into a powerful white bull; Śiva is borne upon him, beginning an eternal companionship; the frame addresses Gālava, emphasizing antiquity.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Dharma
• Parameśāna
• Gālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When Dharma takes firm form, it becomes the carrier of the Divine—ethical order is portrayed as the visible support of spiritual sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is narrative groundwork within Setukhaṇḍa; the associated Dharma-tīrtha is praised immediately after.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse establishes a sacred symbolism (bull-form Dharma) used for devotional reflection.