Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

ततः कोलाहलो जातः परमानंदिनिस्वनः । मृगैः सह समानिन्ये कान्यकुब्जं मृगीं नृपः

Transliteration

tataḥ kolāhalo jātaḥ paramānaṃdinisvanaḥ | mṛgaiḥ saha samāninye kānyakubjaṃ mṛgīṃ nṛpaḥ

Translation

Darauf erhob sich ein lauter Aufruhr, erfüllt von freudigen Rufen. Zusammen mit den Hirschen brachte der König jene „Hirschkuh“ nach Kānyakubja.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (thereafter/from that)

• कोलाहलः: uproar, tumult
• कोलाहलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोलाहल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जातः: arose
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगार्थः—‘उत्पन्नः’ (arisen)

• परमानन्दिनिस्वनः: with a supremely joyous sound
• परमानन्दिनिस्वनः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः): ‘परम-आनन्दि-स्वनः’ = अत्यन्तानन्दकरः स्वनः

• मृगैः: with the deer
• मृगैः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश/सहयोगार्थक) — ‘with’

• समआनिन्ये: brought, led
• समआनिन्ये: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘समानीन्ये’ (sandhi-resolved as सम + आनिन्ये) = brought/led together

• कान्यकुब्जम्: to Kānyakubja (Kannauj)
• कान्यकुब्जम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्यकुब्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नगरनाम

• मृगीम्: the doe
• मृगीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A jubilant procession: drums and conches, people cheering; the king escorts the ‘doe’ (mṛgī) with deer alongside, moving toward the great city of Kānyakubja.

Characters & Entities

• Bhojarāja
• Kānyakubja
• mṛgī (doe/deer-form)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Public wonder becomes a doorway to dharmic questioning, through which the māhātmya’s sacred meaning can be revealed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Primarily Vastrāpathakṣetra; Kānyakubja appears as the royal destination in the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is stated.