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

Eines Tages, durch Fügung des Schicksals, als ein heiliger Festtag herangekommen war, begab sich jene Frau mit ihren Verwandten zur heiligen Kṣetra von Gokarṇa.

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.