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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

महाजनान्याचयितुं चचाल च शनैःशनैः । करावलंबेनान्यस्याः प्राग्जन्मार्जितकर्मणा । दिनैः कतिपयैर्याती गोकर्णं क्षेत्रमाययौ

Transliteration

mahājanānyācayituṃ cacāla ca śanaiḥśanaiḥ | karāvalaṃbenānyasyāḥ prāgjanmārjitakarmaṇā | dinaiḥ katipayairyātī gokarṇaṃ kṣetramāyayau

Translation

Um bei der Menge Almosen zu erbitten, ging sie langsam, ganz allmählich, von der Hand einer anderen gestützt—angetrieben durch Taten, die in früherer Geburt erworben waren. Nach einigen Tagen des Wanderns erreichte sie das heilige Kṣetra von Gokarṇa.

Word by Word
महाजनान्great people; many people
महाजनान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (महान्तः जनाः)
याचयितुम्to beg (from)
याचयितुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootयाच् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive/तुमर्थ), 'याचयितुम्' (णिच्-प्रयोगः causative sense possible)
चचालshe moved/went
चचाल:
Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootचल् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
शनैःslowly
शनैः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैस् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: slowly)
शनैःvery slowly
शनैः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैस् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्त-क्रियाविशेषण (reduplicated adverb)
करावलम्बेनby support of the hand; with handhold
करावलम्बेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर + अवलम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (करेण अवलम्बः)
अन्यस्याःof another (woman)
अन्यस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
प्राक्formerly; before
प्राक्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्राक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: formerly/before)
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Sambandha (Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)
अर्जितacquired; earned
अर्जित:
Visheshana (Qualifier within compound)
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ज् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसक/पुं/स्त्री—समासे अव्ययवत्; 'अर्जित'
कर्मणाby (past) karma
कर्मणा:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
दिनैःin/within days
दिनैः:
Karana (Measure/instrumental of time)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
कतिपयैःa few; some
कतिपयैः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकतिपय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (quantifier)
यातीgoing
याती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'यान्ती/याती' (पाठभेद)
गोकर्णम्Gokarṇa
गोकर्णम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगोकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
क्षेत्रम्the sacred field/place
क्षेत्रम्:
Karma (Object/apposition/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
आययौarrived
आययौ:
Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + या (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A frail woman moves slowly with a companion’s hand supporting her; the road stretches behind; ahead, the sacred boundary of Gokarṇa appears—temple flags, trees, and a sense of sanctity.

Characters & Entities
C
Caṇḍālī (implied)
G
Gokarṇa-kṣetra

FAQs

Past karma shapes one’s path, yet the tīrtha remains reachable—even through hardship—pointing to grace mediated by sacred geography.

Gokarṇa-kṣetra (the sacred region of Gokarṇa).

No formal rite; begging from crowds implicitly evokes the dharma of giving (dāna) to the needy.

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