Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

भेकोऽहिना क्रीडते च मानुषा राक्षसैः सह । निर्भयं वसते तत्र धर्म्मारण्यं च भूतले

Transliteration

bheko'hinā krīḍate ca mānuṣā rākṣasaiḥ saha | nirbhayaṃ vasate tatra dharmmāraṇyaṃ ca bhūtale

Translation

在那里，连青蛙也与蛇嬉戏，人类亦与罗刹同住。于大地之上的法林（Dharmāraṇya）中，众生安住，无有怖畏。

Word by Word

• भेकः: frog
• भेकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अहिना: with a snake
• अहिना: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• क्रीडते: plays/sports
• क्रीडते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• मानुषाः: humans
• मानुषाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• राक्षसैः: with demons
• राक्षसैः: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (postposition/adverbial particle)

• निर्भयम्: fearlessly/without fear
• निर्भयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially)

• वसते: dwells/lives
• वसते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• धर्म्मारण्यम्: the Dharma-forest (Dharmāraṇya)
• धर्म्मारण्यम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य अरण्यम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• भूतले: on the earth/ground
• भूतले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/teacher voice (contextual speaker not explicit in this verse; within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene forest clearing labeled Dharmāraṇya: a frog playfully near a coiled serpent without threat; humans and rākṣasas sit together peacefully under sacred trees; soft light suggests divine protection.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The power of a sacred kṣetra can pacify hostility and establish fearlessness and harmony among all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, described as a protected zone of peace even for opposed beings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse highlights the kṣetra’s protective and harmonizing nature.