Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यथा ज्ञातिर्यथा गोत्रं याथातथ्यं निवेदय । तत आनीय तान्सर्वान्स्वस्थाने वासयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

yathā jñātiryathā gotraṃ yāthātathyaṃ nivedaya | tata ānīya tānsarvānsvasthāne vāsayāmyaham

Translation

“Hãy tâu bày đúng như thật—họ thuộc thân tộc nào và gotra nào. Rồi sau đó, khi đưa tất cả họ đến, ta sẽ an trí từng người vào nơi chốn thích hợp của mình.”

Word by Word

• यथा: as / according to
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/यथार्थ-वाचक (as/according as)

• ज्ञातिः: kinship/relatives (status)
• ज्ञातिः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग

• गोत्रम्: gotra/lineage
• गोत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र विषय-निर्देशे (as for gotra)

• याथातथ्यम्: the exact truth / as it really is
• याथातथ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथा + तथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः याथा (अव्यय, 'as it is') + तथ्य (truth)

• निवेदय: report / inform
• निवेदय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (then/from there)

• आनीय: having brought
• आनीय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-अव्यय (क्त्वा/ल्यप्-प्रत्यय, gerund), 'having brought'

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• स्वस्थाने: in their proper place
• स्वस्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः स्व (own) + स्थान

• वासयामि: I will settle/house (make them dwell)
• वासयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वासय् (धातु, णिच् causative of वस्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Mātā (or her interlocutor/agent)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A messenger or record-keeper stands before Śrī Rāma, presenting a detailed account of gotras and kinship lines; Rāma gestures toward a map-like arrangement of dwellings, indicating each group’s proper place.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• gotra
• jñāti
• vipra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthful reporting and orderly placement of people according to dharma sustains harmony in a sacred land.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the sanctified locale; its greatness is expressed through righteous administration and preservation of dharmic customs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is stated; the ‘prescription’ is dharmic procedure—accurate lineage-accounting and proper settlement.