Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

शारदापि स्वपुत्रेण गोकर्णं प्रययौ सती

Transliteration

śāradāpi svaputreṇa gokarṇaṃ prayayau satī

Translation

Auch Śāradā, die tugendhafte Frau, ging mit ihrem eigenen Sohn nach Gokarṇa.

Word by Word

• शारदा: Śāradā
• शारदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: also/even)

• स्वपुत्रेण: with her own son
• स्वपुत्रेण: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया); एकवचन; सहकारक/करणभाव (instrumental/with)

• गोकर्णम्: to Gokarṇa
• गोकर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• प्रययौ: went
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• सती: the virtuous lady
• सती: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक; सत्-स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषणार्थक संज्ञा

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brahma-related khandas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāradā, a virtuous woman, travels to Gokarṇa with her son—an intimate family vignette within the larger festival pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Śāradā
• Gokarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is upheld as a family dharma as well—devotion can be carried together across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the act emphasized is traveling to the tīrtha.