Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

एकदा दैवयोगेन संप्राप्ते पुण्यपर्वणि । सा नारी बंधुभिः सार्धं गोकर्णं क्षेत्र माययौ

Transliteration

ekadā daivayogena saṃprāpte puṇyaparvaṇi | sā nārī baṃdhubhiḥ sārdhaṃ gokarṇaṃ kṣetra māyayau

Translation

وذاتَ مرةٍ، بتدبيرٍ من العناية، لمّا حلّ يومُ عيدٍ مقدّس، مضت تلك المرأةُ مع أقاربها إلى الكشيترا المقدّسة في غوكرنا.

Word by Word

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: once)

• दैवयोगेन: by a turn of fate, by divine conjunction
• दैवयोगेन: Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: दैवस्य योगः

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute context)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular); सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• पुण्यपर्वणि: on a holy festival day
• पुण्यपर्वणि: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारय: पुण्यं पर्व (holy occasion)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• बन्धुभिः: with (her) relatives
• बन्धुभिः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahārtha (Comitative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (indeclinable: together with)

• गोकर्णम्: Gokarṇa (a sacred place)
• गोकर्णम्: Karma (Destination as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular); देश/तीर्थनाम

• क्षेत्रम्: holy field, sacred region
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Apposition to destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular); गोकर्णम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणवत् (appositional)

• माययौ: went
• माययौ: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; उपसर्गरहित 'went'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not identifiable from the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small family group sets out toward the sea-coast kṣetra of Gokarṇa on a festival day; banners, conches, and pilgrims on the road.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Providence and holy occasions can open a path toward purification through tīrtha-yātrā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa kṣetra is explicitly mentioned as the destination of pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage to a kṣetra on a puṇya-parvan (holy festival day) is implied as an auspicious practice.