Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

स्वाश्रमं पुनरागत्य सुखेन न्यवसद्द्विजाः । स्वप्नदृष्टं च वृत्तांतं मातापित्रोः स जांगलः

Transliteration

svāśramaṃ punarāgatya sukhena nyavasaddvijāḥ | svapnadṛṣṭaṃ ca vṛttāṃtaṃ mātāpitroḥ sa jāṃgalaḥ

Translation

ครั้นกลับสู่อาศรมของตนอีกครั้ง พราหมณ์นั้นก็ดำรงอยู่อย่างผาสุก และชางคละได้ใคร่ครวญเรื่องราวที่เห็นในสุบินเกี่ยวกับมารดาและบิดา

Word by Word

• स्व: own
• स्व: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular; ‘own’ (qualifying āśramaṃ)

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आगत्य: having returned
• आगत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having come/returned’

• सुखेन: with ease
• सुखेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental singular

• न्यवसत्: dwelt, stayed
• न्यवसत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वस् (धातु) → न्यवसत्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘he dwelt’

• द्विजाः: the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — nominative plural

• स्वप्नदृष्टम्: what was seen in a dream
• स्वप्नदृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक) + दृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular; समासः सप्तमी/तत्पुरुष (स्वप्ने दृष्टम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वृत्तान्तम्: account, event
• वृत्तान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular

• माता: of (his) mother
• माता: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular (in dual-genitive sense with pitroḥ)

• पित्रोः: of (his) parents
• पित्रोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन — genitive dual

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular (pronoun)

• जांगलः: Jāṅgala
• जांगलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular (apposition)

Speaker

Sūta (implied continuation of narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jāṃgala walks back to a quiet forest hermitage; evening light, smoke from a small agnihotra, deer nearby; he sits contemplatively, replaying the dream-vision and thinking of his parents.

Characters & Entities

• Jāṃgala
• āśrama
• mother
• father

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Completion of duty (especially to parents/ancestors) leads to inner ease and stability in one’s āśrama-life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The peace described follows the Rāmeśvara/Setu-centered rites narrated in this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it narrates the return and the contemplative aftermath of the rites and vision.