Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सिंधुद्वीप उवाच । महाराष्ट्राभिधे देशे ब्राह्मणः कश्चिदास्तिकः । यज्ञदेव इति ख्यातो वेदवेदांगपारगः

Transliteration

siṃdhudvīpa uvāca | mahārāṣṭrābhidhe deśe brāhmaṇaḥ kaścidāstikaḥ | yajñadeva iti khyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ

Translation

สินธุทวีปกล่าวว่า: ในแคว้นที่เรียกว่า มหาราษฏระ มีพราหมณ์ผู้ศรัทธาคนหนึ่ง นามเลื่องลือว่า “ยัชญเทวะ” เชี่ยวชาญพระเวทและเวทางคะทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• सिंधुद्वीपः: Sindhudvīpa (name)
• सिंधुद्वीपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंधुद्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सिंधोः द्वीपः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महाराष्ट्राभिधे: in (the place) called Maharashtra
• महाराष्ट्राभिधे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाराष्ट्र + अभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महाराष्ट्र-आभिधः = ‘called Maharashtra’)

• देशे: in the country/region
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कश्चित्: a certain (one)
• कश्चित्: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• आस्तिकः: pious/orthodox
• आस्तिकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आस्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• यज्ञदेवः: Yajñadeva (name)
• यज्ञदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (यज्ञः एव देवः)

• इति: thus; by the name
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक-अव्यय (quotative/marker of designation)

• ख्यातः: known (as)
• ख्यातः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्धः’

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः: versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + वेदाङ्ग + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वेद-वेदाङ्गयोः पारगः = ‘versed in Vedas and Vedāṅgas’)

Speaker

Siṃdhudvīpa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene brāhmaṇa in a Maharashtra village, seated with palm-leaf manuscripts, ritual implements nearby; atmosphere of learning and piety.

Characters & Entities

• Siṃdhudvīpa
• Mahārāṣṭra
• Yajñadeva
• Veda
• Vedāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It establishes the dharmic baseline: true religious life is grounded in faith (āstikya) and disciplined learning of śruti and its auxiliaries.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse begins a moral narrative within Setukhaṇḍa (Setu Māhātmya); the explicit tīrtha praise is contextual rather than named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it highlights Vedic study and mastery (veda-vedāṅga) as a foundational religious discipline.