Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

किं कुर्म इति संचिंत्य नैमिषारण्यमभ्यगात् । तत्र गत्वा मुनीनां तन्न्यवेदयदरिंदमः

Transliteration

kiṃ kurma iti saṃciṃtya naimiṣāraṇyamabhyagāt | tatra gatvā munīnāṃ tannyavedayadariṃdamaḥ

Translation

Nachsinnend: „Was soll ich tun?“, begab sich der Bezwinger der Feinde nach Naimiṣāraṇya. Dort angekommen, berichtete er den Weisen die Begebenheit.

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• कुर्मः: (we) do
• कुर्मः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (plural), परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• संचिन्त्य: having reflected
• संचिन्त्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• नैमिषारण्यम्: the Naimiṣa forest
• नैमिषारण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैमिष + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): नैमिषस्य अरण्यम्

• अभ्यगात्: went/approached
• अभ्यगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable), पूर्वक्रिया

• मुनीनाम्: of/to the sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• न्यवेदयत्: reported/informed
• न्यवेदयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + अव + विद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• अरिंदमः: the enemy-subduer
• अरिंदमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिंदम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); बहुव्रीहि: अरिन् (शत्रु) + दम (दमयति) = ‘शत्रून् दमयति यः’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A troubled hero pauses in contemplation, then journeys to a vast sacred forest hermitage where seated sages receive his report.

Characters & Entities

• Balarāma
• Naimiṣāraṇya
• Sages (Munis)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When confused about dharma, one should seek guidance from realized sages and established sacred centers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Naimiṣāraṇya is highlighted as a sanctified place where sages reside and dharma is clarified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the prescription is the dharmic act of approaching munis for instruction.