Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तूर्णमर्णवमासाद्य पूर्णिमादिवसे नृप । भवान्द्रक्ष्यति पोतस्थः कल्पवृंदारथस्थितम्

Transliteration

tūrṇamarṇavamāsādya pūrṇimādivase nṛpa | bhavāndrakṣyati potasthaḥ kalpavṛṃdārathasthitam

Translation

«Eile zum Ozean am Tage des Vollmonds, o König. In einem Boot sitzend wirst du sie auf einem Wagen erblicken, inmitten eines Hains wunscherfüllender Bäume.»

Word by Word

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• अर्णवम्: ocean
• अर्णवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having reached/approached’

• पूर्णिमा-दिवसे: on the full-moon day
• पूर्णिमा-दिवसे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णिमा (प्रातिपदिक) + दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पूर्णिमायाः दिवसः)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• भवान्: you
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific ‘you’)

• द्रक्ष्यति: will see
• द्रक्ष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पोत-स्थः: standing in a boat
• पोत-स्थः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पोत (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (पोते स्थितः)

• कल्पवृन्दारथ-स्थितम्: situated on the chariot of the Kalpavṛnda
• कल्पवृन्दारथ-स्थितम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्पवृन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘स्थित’; तत्पुरुष-समास (कल्पवृन्दारथे स्थितम्)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahārṇava-darśana on Pūrṇimā (oceanic threshold-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king in a small boat on a moonlit ocean beholds a radiant woman on a chariot within a grove of kalpavṛkṣas, the trees glowing like lamps against the silver sea.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• King
• Ocean (arṇava)
• Pūrṇimā (full moon)
• Kalpavṛkṣa (wish-fulfilling trees)
• Chariot (ratha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious timing and disciplined action align the seeker with a destined divine encounter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ocean setting is mentioned as the immediate sacred landscape for the event; no named tīrtha appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of an auspicious time (pūrṇimā) is prescribed as the key condition for the journey/vision.