Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

शारदापि स्वपुत्रेण गोकर्णं प्रययौ सती

Transliteration

śāradāpi svaputreṇa gokarṇaṃ prayayau satī

Translation

സതീ ശാരദയും തന്റെ പുത്രനോടൊപ്പം ഗോകർണ്ണത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി।

Word by Word

• शारदा: Śāradā
• शारदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

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

• स्वपुत्रेण: with her own son
• स्वपुत्रेण: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया); एकवचन; सहकारक/करणभाव (instrumental/with)

• गोकर्णम्: to Gokarṇa
• गोकर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• प्रययौ: went
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• सती: the virtuous lady
• सती: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक; सत्-स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषणार्थक संज्ञा

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāradā, a virtuous woman, travels to Gokarṇa with her son—an intimate family vignette within the larger festival pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Śāradā
• Gokarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is upheld as a family dharma as well—devotion can be carried together across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the act emphasized is traveling to the tīrtha.