Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

लब्ध्वा च जन्मसाफल्यं प्रयाताः सर्वतोदिशम् । अमुनाद्य नरेंद्रेण जनकेन यियक्षुणा

Transliteration

labdhvā ca janmasāphalyaṃ prayātāḥ sarvatodiśam | amunādya nareṃdreṇa janakena yiyakṣuṇā

Translation

Nachdem sie die wahre Frucht der menschlichen Geburt erlangt hatten, zogen sie in alle Richtungen davon—und dies durch eben diesen König, den Vater, der nun ein Opfer (Yajña) zu vollziehen wünscht.

Word by Word

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; having obtained

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

• जन्मसाफल्यम्: the fulfillment of birth
• जन्मसाफल्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मसाफल्य (प्रातिपदिक); जन्मन् + साफल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जन्मनः साफल्यम्)

• प्रयाताः: departed
• प्रयाताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘departed/have gone’

• सर्वतः: everywhere, from all sides
• सर्वतः: Desha (Place adjunct/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: from all sides/everywhere)

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (दिशम्) ‘direction’

• अमुना: by that
• अमुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘by that (person)’

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala (Time adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• नरेन्द्रेण: by the king
• नरेन्द्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक); नर + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् इन्द्रः)

• जनकेन: by Janaka
• जनकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; अपपद-सम्बन्धेण नरेन्द्रेण सह समानााधिकरण

• यियक्षुणा: by (one) desiring to sacrifice
• यियक्षुणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: सन्नन्त-धातु (यियक्ष् = यष्टुम् इच्छति) + शतृ/शानच्-प्रायः ‘यियक्षु’ (desiderative agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims, now serene and purposeful, depart along multiple roads; in the foreground a king (the father) consults priests, arranging a yajña with altars, ladles, and offerings—signaling dharma renewed by sacred travel.

Characters & Entities

• King (Narendra)
• Janaka (father)
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and dharmic striving are depicted as giving ‘janma-sāphalya’—the meaningful completion of one’s human life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage concerns Gokarṇa, though this verse itself speaks more generally of attained merit and departure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yajña is referenced (the king/father intends to perform a sacrifice), without detailing its procedure.