Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

तर्जन्यग्रे द्विजश्रेष्ठा अगम्या मां विना परैः । सा सुवर्णमयी भाति यस्यां राज्ये विभीषणः

Transliteration

tarjanyagre dvijaśreṣṭhā agamyā māṃ vinā paraiḥ | sā suvarṇamayī bhāti yasyāṃ rājye vibhīṣaṇaḥ

Translation

اے افضلِ دُو بارہ جنم والے! میری شہادت کی انگلی کی نوک پر وہ ہے؛ میرے بغیر دوسروں کے لیے ناقابلِ رسائی۔ وہ سونے کی سی دمکتی ہے—وہی جس کی سلطنت میں وبھیषण حکومت کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tarjanyagre: on the tip of the forefinger
• tarjanyagre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tarjanī-agra (प्रातिपदिक; तर्जनी + अग्र)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (षष्ठी); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (location)

• dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija-śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमासः; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense)

• agamyā: not to be approached
• agamyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धाातु) + ya (ण्‍यत्/यत् कृत्प्रत्यय; गम्य) with a- (निषेध)
• Form: ण्‍यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (गम्य); नकारार्थे ‘अ-’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with sā)

• mām: me
• mām: Saha/Apadana (With/Without marker with vinā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (preposition: without)

• paraiḥ: by others
• paraiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, बहुवचन

• sā: she/that (Laṅkā)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• suvarṇa-mayī: made of gold
• suvarṇa-mayī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suvarṇa-maya (प्रातिपदिक; सुवर्ण + मय)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhāti: shines, appears
• bhāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhā (धाातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yasyām: in which
• yasyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• rājye: in the kingdom
• rājye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Vibhīṣaṇa
• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Laṅkā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭha (addressed brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator gestures with a raised forefinger; above it appears a radiant golden city—Laṅkā—miniaturized yet vivid; Vibhīṣaṇa sits as a righteous king within gleaming ramparts.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Laṅkā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous rule (dharma-rājya) transforms a realm into a luminous, auspicious domain—symbolized by the ‘golden’ city.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Laṅkā is referenced in a sanctified, dhārmic frame through Vibhīṣaṇa’s rule, within the broader tīrtha narrative orbit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse is primarily descriptive (sthala and sovereignty praise).