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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । पाराशर्य समाख्याहि सदाचारं च मे प्रभो । आचाराद्धर्ममाप्नोति आचाराल्लभते फलम् । आचाराच्छ्रियमाप्नोति तदाचारं वदस्व मे

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | pārāśarya samākhyāhi sadācāraṃ ca me prabho | ācārāddharmamāpnoti ācārāllabhate phalam | ācārācchriyamāpnoti tadācāraṃ vadasva me

Translation

یُدھِشٹھِر نے کہا: اے پاراشر کے فرزند، اے پرَبھو! مجھے سَدآچار کا راستہ بتائیے۔ آچار سے دھرم حاصل ہوتا ہے، آچار سے پھل ملتا ہے، آچار سے شری و سمردھی ملتی ہے—اس لیے وہی آچار مجھے بیان کیجیے۔

Word by Word
yudhiṣṭhiraḥYudhiṣṭhira
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyudhiṣṭhira (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
pārāśaryaO son of Parāśara (Vyāsa)
pārāśarya:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootpārāśarya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; गोत्र/पितृव्युत्पन्न नाम
samākhyāhitell, explain
samākhyāhi:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + ā + √khyā (ख्या धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
sat-ācāramgood conduct
sat-ācāram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsat (प्रातिपदिक) + ācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (sataḥ ācāraḥ)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
meto me / of me
me:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6), एकवचन; एनदादेश (enclitic genitive)
prabhoO lord
prabho:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन
ācārātfrom conduct
ācārāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause/source)
dharmamdharma
dharmam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
āpnotiattains
āpnoti:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā + √āp (आप् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
ācārātfrom conduct
ācārāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे
labhateobtains
labhate:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√labh (लभ् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
phalamfruit, result
phalam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
ācārātfrom conduct
ācārāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे
śriyamprosperity, fortune
śriyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
āpnotiattains
āpnoti:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā + √āp (आप् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
tat-ācāramthat conduct
tat-ācāram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयवत्/तत्पुरुषः (saḥ ācāraḥ = that conduct)
vadasvatell (me)
vadasva:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vad (वद् धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
meto me
me:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; एनदादेश (enclitic dative)
Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa (Pārāśarya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, humble and earnest, questions Vyāsa (Pārāśarya) in an ashram setting; Vyāsa holds a manuscript and gestures in instruction; the scene emphasizes inquiry (jijñāsā) and the moral gravity of ācāra.

Characters & Entities
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
V
Vyāsa (Pārāśarya)
P
Parāśara

FAQs

Dharma is grounded in daily conduct; ethical discipline is the doorway to merit and well-being.

The focus is ethical instruction within Dharmāraṇya’s māhātmya setting rather than a single named tirtha.

No specific rite; the request is for teachings on sadācāra (normative dharmic conduct).

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