Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

स्कन्द उवाच । अहमप्यागमिष्यामि तं द्रष्टुं शशिशे खर

Transliteration

skanda uvāca | ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi taṃ draṣṭuṃ śaśiśe khara

Translation

Skanda dit : «Moi aussi, je viendrai pour contempler ce lieu sacré.»

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• आगमिष्यामि: I shall come
• आगमिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (infinitive), ‘to see’

• शशिशे: O moon-like one / O Śaśiśa
• शशिशे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; (पाठभेद/रूपभेद सम्भवः)

• खर: O Khara
• खर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (same) pāpanīṣūdana-kṣetra (unnamed here)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda speaks with bright resolve, declaring he will also come to behold the sacred place; the moment is intimate—devotional intent before the grand assembly unfolds.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana—direct beholding of a sacred place—is treated as spiritually meaningful; even divine beings seek it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The referenced ‘that’ points back to Dharmāraṇya, the sin-destroying kṣetra described immediately before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is described; the emphasis is on yātrā (going) and darśana (beholding).