Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सत्यमंदिरमिति ख्यातं तदा लोके भविष्यति । कृते युगे धर्मारण्यं त्रेतायां सत्यमंदिरम्

Transliteration

satyamaṃdiramiti khyātaṃ tadā loke bhaviṣyati | kṛte yuge dharmāraṇyaṃ tretāyāṃ satyamaṃdiram

Translation

تب یہ دنیا میں “ستیہ مندر” کے نام سے مشہور ہوگا۔ کرت یگ میں اسے “دھرم آرنْیہ” کہا جاتا ہے، اور تریتا یگ میں “ستیہ مندر”۔

Word by Word

• satya-maṃdiram: (named) Satyamandira
• satya-maṃdiram: Karma/Predicate (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃdira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः — ‘सत्यं मन्दिरम्’ (नाम)

• iti: thus/so called
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• khyātam: will be known
• khyātam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyā (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (passive/predicative)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kṛte: in the Kṛta (age)
• kṛte: Adhikaraṇa (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; युगविशेषे (in Kṛta [yuga])

• yuge: in the yuga
• yuge: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dharmāraṇyam: (called) Dharmāraṇya
• dharmāraṇyam: Karma/Predicate (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + āraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः — ‘धर्मस्य आरण्यम्’ (नाम)

• tretāyām: in the Tretā (age)
• tretāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tretā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; युगविशेषे (in Tretā)

• satya-maṃdiram: (called) Satyamandira
• satya-maṃdiram: Karma/Predicate (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃdira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (नाम)

Speaker

Narrator (toponymic/mahatmya naming; specific speaker not explicit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya / Satyamandira

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic depiction of the same sacred grove-city bearing two name-banners across yugas: ‘Dharmāraṇya’ (Kṛta) and ‘Satyamandira’ (Tretā), with a cosmic time-wheel motif.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Satyamandira
• Kṛtayuga
• Tretāyuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places endure across yugas; names may change, but the dharmic potency and sanctity remain continuous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya/Satyamandira—the same sacred region identified by different yuga-wise names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides sacred-place nomenclature and yuga-based identification for pilgrims and reciters.