Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तत्रापि गंतुकामोऽहं देवैः सह षडाननः

Transliteration

tatrāpi gaṃtukāmo'haṃ devaiḥ saha ṣaḍānanaḥ

Translation

„Zu eben jenem Ort wünsche auch ich zu gehen — zusammen mit den Devas, o Sechsgesichtiger (Ṣaḍānana).“

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• gantukāmaḥ: desirous to go
• gantukāmaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gantum (tumun of gam धातु) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying 'aham/ṣaḍānanaḥ'): 'going-desirous'

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• devaiḥ: with the gods
• devaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: 'with')

• ṣaḍānanaḥ: Six-faced one (Skanda)
• ṣaḍānanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); नाम (epithet of Skanda)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva expresses intent to travel to Dharmāraṇya accompanied by devas; Skanda is addressed as Ṣaḍānana, suggesting a familial yet cosmic council before departure.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devas
• Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the gods honor and seek sacred places; pilgrimage is portrayed as a divine-valued act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, the destination Śiva expresses the desire to visit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse frames a sacred journey (yātrā) as the context.