Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अथासौ त्वरितो दूरमन्विष्यन्परितो भ्रमन् । न लब्धवांश्चिताभस्म श्रांतो गृहमगात्पुनः

Transliteration

athāsau tvarito dūramanviṣyanparito bhraman | na labdhavāṃścitābhasma śrāṃto gṛhamagātpunaḥ

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក គាត់ប្រញាប់ទៅឆ្ងាយ ស្វែងរកដោយដើរវង្វេងជុំវិញគ្រប់ទិស; តែរកមិនឃើញផេះពីចិតា (កន្លែងដុតសព) ទេ ក៏ត្រឡប់ទៅផ្ទះវិញដោយអស់កម្លាំង។

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमसूचक/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• asau: he (that one)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (he/that person)

• tvaritaḥ: hurried
• tvaritaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvarita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √tvar (त्वर्) )
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त/क्त (hurried)

• dūram: far
• dūram: Adhikarana (Adverbial locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (far/at a distance)

• anveṣyan: searching
• anveṣyan: Karta (Concurrent action/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anveṣyat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √iṣ (इष्) with anu- + desiderative/causative sense)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त/शतृ (searching)

• paritaḥ: around
• paritaḥ: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paritas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (all around)

• bhraman: wandering
• bhraman: Karta (Concurrent action/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhramat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √bhram (भ्रम्))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त/शतृ (wandering)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• labdhavān: having obtained
• labdhavān: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labdha-vat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √labh (लभ्))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (having obtained)

• citābhasma: pyre-ashes
• citābhasma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citā + bhasma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (citāyāḥ bhasma = ashes of the pyre)

• śrāntaḥ: tired
• śrāntaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrānta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √śram (श्रम्))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त/क्त (tired)

• gṛham: home
• gṛham: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• agāt: went
• agāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again/back)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicitly identified in the excerpt)

Characters & Entities

• Śabara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion persists even when ritual requirements become difficult; the devotee strives to uphold worship with sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on the devotional act and the need for bhasma in Śiva-pūjā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The need for citābhasma (sacred ash) as a required item for Śiva worship is implied.