Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

गच्छ स्वभवनं कांत परश्वः प्रातरेव तु । आगच्छ पुनरत्रैव कार्यमस्ति च नो मृषा

Transliteration

gaccha svabhavanaṃ kāṃta paraśvaḥ prātareva tu | āgaccha punaratraiva kāryamasti ca no mṛṣā

Translation

“Go to your own home, beloved; but the day after tomorrow, at dawn itself, come back here again. Truly we have a task to accomplish—this is no falsehood.”

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• स्वभवनम्: (to) your own house
• स्वभवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• कान्त: O beloved
• कान्त: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• परश्वः: the day after tomorrow
• परश्वः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परश्वस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययार्थ-शब्द)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तु: but/and
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (contrastive particle)

• आगच्छ: come (back)
• आगच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb of repetition)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण-देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कार्यम्: a task/need
• कार्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नः: of us/for us
• नः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural) / वैकल्पिकं: चतुर्थी (Dative/4th) बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक-रूप (enclitic)

• मृषा: falsely/untrue
• मृषा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मृषा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negating/‘falsely’ adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified (likely Aṃśumatī or a Gandharva maiden addressing a male counterpart)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A private conversation: a beloved is gently sent home with a clear appointment to return at dawn on the day after tomorrow; the speaker’s hand gesture indicates reassurance and secrecy of an impending task.

Characters & Entities

• beloved (kānta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Commitment to one’s word and purposeful action is emphasized; truthfulness supports dharma even within narrative romance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.