Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

शंभुग्राममिति ख्यातं लोके विख्यातिमागतम् । अथ केचिद्भयान्नष्टा वणिजः प्रथमं तदा

Transliteration

śaṃbhugrāmamiti khyātaṃ loke vikhyātimāgatam | atha kecidbhayānnaṣṭā vaṇijaḥ prathamaṃ tadā

Translation

وہ بستی ‘شَمبھو گرام’ کے نام سے لوگوں میں مشہور ہوئی اور دنیا میں ناموری پا گئی۔ پھر اسی وقت خوف کے سبب کچھ تاجر—سب سے پہلے—بکھر کر گم ہو گئے۔

Word by Word

• शंभुग्रामम्: (the place called) Śambhu-grāma
• शंभुग्रामम्: Karma (Object, name-apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु-ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक; शंभोः ग्रामः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• इति: thus / called
• इति: Marker (Quotation/Name marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: was known
• ख्यातम्: Predicate (State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ख्यातम्’ = ‘was known’

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विख्यातिम्: fame
• विख्यातिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आगतम्: having attained / come to
• आगतम्: Predicate (State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आगतम्’ = ‘having attained/come to’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (some)

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• नष्टाः: were lost / perished
• नष्टाः: Predicate (State of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) → नष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘नष्टाः’ = ‘perished/vanished/were lost’

• वणिजः: merchants
• वणिजः: Apposition to Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वणिज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• प्रथमम्: first
• प्रथमम्: Adverbial (Manner/Order)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śambhu-grāma

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sign-like depiction of a village gaining fame—people speaking of it—intercut with a caravan breaking formation, some merchants disappearing into forest paths under panic.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu-grāma
• Merchants (vaṇijaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Places become ‘famous’ in Purāṇic memory through dharmic endurance; fear scatters people, but sacred geography preserves their story.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śambhu-grāma is highlighted as a renowned locale within the Dharmāraṇya sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records fame (khyāti) and the scattering of merchants due to fear.