Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

निवासं कारयामासुर्नातिदूरे नरेश्वर । वजिङ्नाम्ना हि तद्ग्रामं वासयामासुरेव ते

Transliteration

nivāsaṃ kārayāmāsurnātidūre nareśvara | vajiṅnāmnā hi tadgrāmaṃ vāsayāmāsureva te

Translation

اے نَرَیشور، انہوں نے زیادہ دور نہیں اپنے رہنے کے لیے مکانات بنوائے؛ اور اسی بستی کو ‘وَجِنگ’ کے نام سے موسوم کر کے وہاں آباد ہو گئے۔

Word by Word

• निवासम्: a dwelling/settlement
• निवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन

• कारयामासुः: caused (it) to be made
• कारयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः—'caused to be made'

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अतिदूरे: at a not-too-far distance
• अतिदूरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; सप्तमी-एकवचनार्थे अव्ययवत् (locative sense: 'too far away')

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• वजिङ्नाम्ना: by the name 'Vajiṅ'
• वजिङ्नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वजिङ् (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वजिङ्-नाम्ना = 'by the name Vajiṅ')

• हि: indeed
• हि: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: indeed)

• तद्ग्रामम्: that village
• तद्ग्रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तत् ग्रामम् = 'that village')

• वासयामासुः: settled (people) / caused to inhabit
• वासयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः—'caused to dwell/settled'

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: 'only/indeed')

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/Subject), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration) addressing a King (nareśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Muktāraṇya (adjacent) / Vajiṅ-grāma (support settlement)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: नरेश्वर/राजन् (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clearing near the sacred forest where huts and houses are being built; leaders designate the village name ‘Vajiṅ’; the sacred forest remains visible but set apart.

Characters & Entities

• Vajiṅ (village-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid upheaval, dharmic communities re-root themselves near sanctified regions, turning refuge into orderly settlement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The settlement is described as near the sacred Dharmāraṇya/Muktāraṇya context; the verse supports the sacred-geography mapping of the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records the building of dwellings and the naming of a village.