Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

ततो गृहं परित्यज्य गोकर्णौ द्वावपि स्थितौ । देवतायतनैर्व्याप्तं क्षेत्रं दृष्ट्वाऽखिलं ततः

Transliteration

tato gṛhaṃ parityajya gokarṇau dvāvapi sthitau | devatāyatanairvyāptaṃ kṣetraṃ dṛṣṭvā'khilaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Dann verließen die beiden Gokarṇa ihr Haus und blieben dort. Als sie das ganze heilige Gebiet erblickten, das von Schreinen der Götter durchdrungen war, erkannten sie seine Heiligkeit.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• परित्यज्य: having left
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), √त्यज् (त्यागे) with परि-; ‘having abandoned’

• गोकर्णौ: the two Gokarṇas (Gokarṇa and companion)
• गोकर्णौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gokarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; समास: गो+कर्ण (तत्पुरुष-नाम)

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• स्थितौ: stood, remained
• स्थितौ: Kriya (Predicate state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), √स्था (तिष्ठति) ; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘having stayed/standing’ (as predicate participle)

• देवतायतनैः: by temples of deities
• देवतायतनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā+āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समास: देवतायाः आयतनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded, filled
• व्याप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), √व्याप् (व्याप्तौ) ; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्षेत्रम् इति विशेषण

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), √दृश् (दर्शने); ‘having seen’

• अखिलम्: entire
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्षेत्रम् इति विशेषण

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = then/thereupon

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two brāhmaṇas walking away from a modest home with minimal belongings; ahead lies a sacred landscape dotted with many small shrines and flags; they pause in awe, surveying the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa
• devatāyatanāni (shrines of deities)
• kṣetra (holy region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True pilgrimage begins with renunciation of attachment and reverent recognition of a kṣetra as a living landscape of divinity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred kṣetra associated with “Gokarṇa” and described as filled with many deity-shrines within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the emphasis is on leaving home for the kṣetra and beholding its sanctified geography.