Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

ततो विदूरे मार्गस्य निषण्णा विवृतांजलिः । याचमाना मुहुः पांथान्बभाषे कृपणं वचः

Transliteration

tato vidūre mārgasya niṣaṇṇā vivṛtāṃjaliḥ | yācamānā muhuḥ pāṃthānbabhāṣe kṛpaṇaṃ vacaḥ

Translation

Puis, assise à quelque distance de la route, les mains ouvertes en prière, elle mendiait sans cesse auprès des passants, proférant des paroles plaintives.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रभव (ablatival adverb: then/from there)

• विदूरे: at a distance
• विदूरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• मार्गस्य: of the road
• मार्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• निषण्णा: seated; having sat down
• निषण्णा: Karta (Subject state/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'निषण्णा'

• विवृताञ्जलिः: with hands held open (in supplication)
• विवृताञ्जलिः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवृत + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्या अञ्जलिः विवृतः/विवृताः अञ्जलयः)

• याचमाना: begging
• याचमाना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present middle participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: repeatedly)

• पांथान्: travelers; wayfarers
• पांथान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाथिन्/पन्थान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• बभाषे: she spoke
• बभाषे: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कृपणम्: piteous; miserable
• कृपणम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (वचः-विशेषण)

• वचः: words; speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poor woman sits slightly away from the main road, palms open in añjali; travelers pass by; her face is pleading, voice low; the sacred destination looms nearby, making the scene morally charged.

Characters & Entities

• Pāntha (travelers)
• Gokarṇa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only movement to a shrine; it tests dharma through compassion toward those in distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa-kṣetra indirectly, through the road-to-Gokarṇa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied prescription: offer alms/food to supplicants encountered on a yātrā.