Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

तत्रापश्यत्समायातं सदा स्वप्नेषु लक्षितम् । पूर्वजन्मनि भर्त्तारं द्विजबंधुजनावृतम्

Transliteration

tatrāpaśyatsamāyātaṃ sadā svapneṣu lakṣitam | pūrvajanmani bharttāraṃ dvijabaṃdhujanāvṛtam

Translation

ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಳು ಅವನು ಬರುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಂಡಳು—ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಸದಾ ಕನಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಿಚಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದವನೇ; ಪೂರ್ವಜನ್ಮದ ಪತಿಯನ್ನು, ದ್ವಿಜ ಬಂಧುಜನರಿಂದ ಆವರಿತನಾಗಿ।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अपश्यत्: saw
• अपश्यत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समायातम्: arrived
• समायातम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु) → समायात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विशेषण

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• स्वप्नेषु: in dreams
• स्वप्नेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; बहुवचन

• लक्षितम्: noticed/recognized
• लक्षितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष् (धातु) → लक्षित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• पूर्वजन्मनि: in a former birth
• पूर्वजन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व-जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• भर्त्तारम्: husband
• भर्त्तारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• द्विजबंधुजनावृतम्: surrounded by groups of brahmin kinsmen
• द्विजबंधुजनावृतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विज-बंधु-जन-आवृत (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + बन्धु + जन + आवृत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (आवृत = covered/surrounded) बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brahma-related khandas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the festival crowd at Gokarṇa, Śāradā suddenly sees a man arriving—one she has known repeatedly in dreams—recognized as her husband from a former birth, surrounded by brāhmaṇa companions.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa
• pūrvajanma (former birth)
• dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human bonds and karmic impressions can persist across births; tīrthas become stages where destiny ripens and recognition dawns.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa, where the narrative encounter and recognition occurs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse advances the karmic narrative (past-life recognition).