Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तेन मार्गेण गोकुलम् । मध्याह्नसमये प्राप्तं चंद्रे चित्रासमन्वितः

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tena mārgeṇa gokulam | madhyāhnasamaye prāptaṃ caṃdre citrāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

फिर कुछ समय बाद उसी मार्ग से चलते हुए, मध्याह्न के समय गोकुल पहुँचा, जब चन्द्रमा चित्रा नक्षत्र से संयुक्त था।

Word by Word

• kasya-cit: of some
• kasya-cit: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kasya-cit (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (of some)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तु-निपातः (but/indeed)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक (then)

• kālasya: time
• kālasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणम् (instrumental)

• mārgeṇa: by the path; along the route
• mārgeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणम्

• gokulam: Gokula
• gokulam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gokula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म

• madhyāhna-samaye: at midday time
• madhyāhna-samaye: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyāhna-samaya (प्रातिपदिक; मध्याह्न + समय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (time-locative)

• prāptam: reached; arrived
• prāptam: Kriya (Participial qualifier/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (P.P.P.), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; अत्र ‘गोकुलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (arrived)

• candre: when the moon (was)
• candre: Adhikarana (Circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative absolute-like setting)

• citrā-samanvitaḥ: accompanied by Citrā (nakṣatra)
• citrā-samanvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: citrā-samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; चित्रा + समन्वित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (P.P.P. of सम्+अन्वि ‘to be accompanied’), विशेषणम् (of candra)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomukha (contextual) / Gokula (local settlement)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim route under a high midday sun; a small caravan or lone traveler approaching a pastoral Gokula; in the sky, a stylized moon with Citrā star motif; cows and dust-lit path.

Characters & Entities

• Gokula
• Citrā (Nakṣatra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred travel links place with auspicious time, suggesting that dharma ripens through both right location and right moment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting remains the Gomukha-tīrtha region, with the journey reaching Gokula.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse provides an auspicious calendrical marker (Moon in Citrā), often used to frame sacred events.