Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

त्रैविभागेन त्रैविद्याश्चतुर्भागेन चात्रिणः । एवं ज्ञातिविभागस्तु काजेशेन विनिर्मितः

Transliteration

traivibhāgena traividyāścaturbhāgena cātriṇaḥ | evaṃ jñātivibhāgastu kājeśena vinirmitaḥ

Translation

Trividya được ấn định phần chia ba, còn Cātriṇa được phần chia bốn. Như thế, sự phân định các nhóm thân tộc đã do Kājeśa thiết lập.

Word by Word

• traivibhāgena: by a threefold division
• traivibhāgena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trai (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन; द्विगुसमास: ‘त्रैविभाग’ = threefold division

• traividyāḥ: the Traividyās
• traividyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: traividyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• caturbhāgena: by a fourfold division
• caturbhāgena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; द्विगुसमास: ‘चतुर्भाग’ = fourfold division

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atriṇaḥ: the Atri (lineage people)
• atriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atriṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (जाति/समूहवाचक)

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘एवं’ = thus

• jñāti-vibhāgaḥ: division of kinsmen/relatives
• jñāti-vibhāgaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāti (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ज्ञातीनां विभागः’

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘indeed/but’

• kājeśena: by Kājeśa
• kājeśena: Karana (Agent expressed instrumentally/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kājeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (कर्तृवाचक-नाम)

• vinirmitaḥ: was constructed/arranged
• vinirmitaḥ: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mā (धातु) + nir- + vi- (उपसर्ग) ; ‘vinirmita’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘निर्मितः’

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A founder-authority (Kājeśa) presides over a formal division: threefold share for Trividyas and fourfold share for Cātriṇas, with tokens/marks indicating allotments.

Characters & Entities

• Traividya
• Cātriṇa
• Kājeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Orderly governance—clear shares and defined group-responsibilities—is portrayed as a means to protect dharma in a sacred region.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya forms the backdrop; the verse describes internal structuring rather than a specific tirtha’s merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it codifies social and economic divisions.