Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

धर्मारण्यं समागत्य राजधानी कृता तदा । देवांश्च स्थापयामास जैनधर्मप्रणीतकान्

Transliteration

dharmāraṇyaṃ samāgatya rājadhānī kṛtā tadā | devāṃśca sthāpayāmāsa jainadharmapraṇītakān

Translation

Đến Dharmāraṇya, ông liền lấy nơi ấy làm kinh đô. Rồi ông cho an vị các tôn tượng được tạo tác theo quy phạm của giáo pháp Jaina.

Word by Word

• धर्मारण्यम्: Dharmāraṇya (name of place)
• धर्मारण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म-अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal)

• समागत्य: having arrived
• समागत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु) → समागत्य (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (क्त्वा), ‘having come/arrived’

• राजधानी: (as) the capital
• राजधानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (predicate/subject)

• कृता: was made
• कृता: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; PPP agreeing with राजधानी

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय; temporal adverb

• देवान्: gods/deities
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय; conjunction

• स्थापयामास: established/installed
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) (णिच् causative स्थापय-) + आस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; periphrastic perfect (स्थापय + आमास)

• जैनधर्मप्रणीतकान्: prescribed according to Jain dharma
• जैनधर्मप्रणीतकान्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जैनधर्म-प्रणीतक (प्रातिपदिक; प्रणीत from प्र-नी धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘those prescribed/ordained by Jain dharma’ qualifying देवान्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vatsa-addressed interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly chosen capital in a forest clearing: palisades and banners rise; artisans and priests install Jaina-prescribed deities (tīrthaṅkara images) while the king oversees the transformation of Dharmāraṇya into a rājadhānī.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Jaina dharma
• Deities (installed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A ruler’s religious policy shapes public dharma; altering worship-forms in a sacred region is shown as a turning point with far-reaching effects.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya itself is the highlighted sacred locale, presented as significant enough to become a capital.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā (installation) of deities is mentioned, though the verse notes they were aligned with Jaina prescriptions.