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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

स चिंतयित्वेति बहुप्रकारं देशांश्च ग्रामान्नगराणि चाश्रमान् । बहूनहं पर्यटन्नाप्तवान्हि स्थानं हितं स्थापये यत्र विप्रान्

Transliteration

sa ciṃtayitveti bahuprakāraṃ deśāṃśca grāmānnagarāṇi cāśramān | bahūnahaṃ paryaṭannāptavānhi sthānaṃ hitaṃ sthāpaye yatra viprān

Translation

我以多种方式反复思量，又巡视诸方国土、村落、城邑与林栖道场；我远行周游良久，却仍未得一处真正有益之地，可使我安置婆罗门众。

Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
चिंतयित्वाhaving thought
चिंतयित्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√चिन्त् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having thought)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्ति-निपात (quotative particle)
बहुप्रकारम्many ways
बहुप्रकारम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहु-प्रकार = अनेक प्रकार (many ways)
देशान्regions
देशान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
ग्रामान्villages
ग्रामान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
नगराणिcities
नगराणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनगर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
आश्रमान्hermitages
आश्रमान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
बहून्many
बहून्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; देशादीन् इति विशेषण
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
पर्यटन्wandering
पर्यटन्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + √अट् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ इति सह
आप्तवान्obtained
आप्तवान्:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + √आप् (धातु)
Formक्तवतु-प्रत्यय (perfect participle active), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्राप्तवान् (having obtained)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
स्थानम्a place
स्थानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
हितम्beneficial
हितम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहित (कृदन्त; √धा धातु, past passive participle in sense 'placed/beneficial')
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; स्थानम् इति विशेषण
स्थापयेI establish
स्थापये:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (धातु) (णिच् causative: स्थापय-)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative (I establish)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)
विप्रान्brahmins
विप्रान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests a narrator/character continuing into Sūta’s narration in Adhyāya 3)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A long journey montage: the seeker walking past village gates, city walls, forest hermitages; dusk-to-dawn travel; finally pausing with a weary yet resolute expression, indicating the difficulty of finding the ideal place.

Characters & Entities
V
vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

Dharmic settlement requires discernment: not every place is spiritually “hita”; sacred suitability is central to sustaining brāhmaṇical and āśrama-dharma.

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets up the later identification of a truly beneficial sacred locale.

None explicitly; the focus is on seeking an auspicious place for establishing vipras, a prerequisite for sustained yajña, study, and dharma.

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