Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्षं दृश्यते पुत्र द्विजशासनमक्षयम् । अविनाशो हि ताम्रस्य कारणं तत्र विद्यते

Transliteration

pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate putra dvijaśāsanamakṣayam | avināśo hi tāmrasya kāraṇaṃ tatra vidyate

Translation

我儿，此事可亲见：婆罗门之章程不朽不坏。因为其中自有缘由，使铜得以不灭。

Word by Word

• प्रत्यक्षम्: directly, manifestly
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: ‘directly/manifestly’)

• दृश्यते: is seen
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: ‘is seen’)

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• द्विजशासनम्: the Brahmins' charter/edict
• द्विजशासनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + शासन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानां शासनम्)

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थक-उपसर्ग (negation)

• अविनाशः: non-destruction
• अविनाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नञ्-प्रत्ययार्थ (negation)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed/for)

• ताम्रस्य: of copper
• ताम्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• कारणम्: cause
• कारणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; भावे-प्रयोग (exists/is found)

Speaker

Vyāsa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (akṣaya-tāmra-śāsana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: putra (addressed as ‘son’) / viprendra contextually

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher points to an intact copper-plate inscription, declaring it ‘akṣaya’; students and Brahmins observe closely, astonished; a subtle aura around the plate hints at the site’s hidden cause (hetu) for imperishability.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (Brahmins)
• Tāmra (copper)
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-supporting acts (like protected grants) are portrayed as ‘akṣaya’—bearing lasting merit and memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where the imperishable copper-plate charter is said to be visibly present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the protection of dvijas and dharmic grants; no explicit rite (snāna/japa/dāna) is stated in this verse.