Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

मिथः संरेभिरे कर्तुं विचार्य च परस्परम् । धर्मारण्यं प्रतस्थेसावुर्वशी स्वर्वरांगना

Transliteration

mithaḥ saṃrebhire kartuṃ vicārya ca parasparam | dharmāraṇyaṃ pratasthesāvurvaśī svarvarāṃganā

Translation

Matapos silang mag-usap-usap at pagpasiyahan ang gagawin, si Urvaśī—ang makalangit na dalagang mananayaw—ay naglakbay patungo sa Dharmāraṇya.

Word by Word

• mithaḥ: mutually
• mithaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mithaḥ
• Form: अव्यय (परस्परार्थक-अव्यय: 'mutually')

• saṃrebhire: they undertook, set about
• saṃrebhire: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√rabh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• vicārya: having considered
• vicārya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-√car (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• parasparam: with one another
• parasparam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण: 'one another')

• dharmāraṇyam: Dharmāraṇya
• dharmāraṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + āraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य आरण्यम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• pratasthā: set out, departed
• pratasthā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• asau: that (woman), she
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• urvaśī: Urvaśī
• urvaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urvaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• svarvarāṃganā: the heavenly fair lady
• svarvarāṃganā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svar + varāṃganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य वराङ्गना), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; उपपद-समासभावः

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Apsarases confer among themselves; Urvaśī, foremost and radiant, sets out toward Dharmāraṇya, suggesting purposeful movement from heaven to forest.

Characters & Entities

• Urvaśī
• Apsarases
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The organized nature of temptation is acknowledged—hence scriptures emphasize conscious discipline and guarded senses during tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is explicitly named, reinforcing it as a renowned tapas-field in the Skanda Purāṇa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates the departure of Urvaśī and her group.