Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 149
Devanagari script
पशुपालस्तु महिषीमुक्त्वारण्येऽगमद्गृहात् । अरण्ये महिषीः सर्वा रक्षयित्वा गृहागतः
Transliteration
paśupālastu mahiṣīmuktvāraṇye'gamadgṛhāt | araṇye mahiṣīḥ sarvā rakṣayitvā gṛhāgataḥ
Translation
牧人は家から水牛の群れを追い出して森へ連れて行き、共に赴いた。森で水牛をすべて守り終えると、彼は家へ帰った。
Word by Word
पशुपालःthe herdsman
पशुपालः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpaśupāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात)
महिषीम्the buffalo-cow
महिषीम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootmahiṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन
मुक्त्वाhaving released/left
मुक्त्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), √मुच्; ‘having released/left’
अरण्येin the forest
अरण्ये:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootaraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन
अगमत्went
अगमत्:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
गृहात्from the house
गृहात्:
Apadana (Source)
TypeNoun
Rootgṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन
अरण्येin the forest
अरण्ये:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootaraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन
महिषीःbuffalo-cows
महिषीः:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootmahiṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarvā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘महिषीः’
रक्षयित्वाhaving guarded
रक्षयित्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootरक्ष् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund; तुमुन्-आधारित ‘-यित्वा’), √रक्ष्; ‘having protected’
गृहागतःreturned home
गृहागतः:
Kriya (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक) + आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, आ+गम्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गृहं आगतः = ‘come home’)
Speaker
Sūta (deduced narrator)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A herdsman leads buffaloes from the village house into the forest at dawn, watches over them through the day, then returns home with the herd in the evening.
Characters & Entities
P
PaśupālaFAQs
It sets the practical, everyday context—dharma unfolds amid ordinary duties, not apart from them.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is narrative context.