Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

सकृत्प्रविश्य गोकर्णं न बिभेति ह्यघात्क्वचित् । तत्र सर्वे महात्मानस्तपसा शांतिमागताः

Transliteration

sakṛtpraviśya gokarṇaṃ na bibheti hyaghātkvacit | tatra sarve mahātmānastapasā śāṃtimāgatāḥ

Translation

ഒരിക്കൽ പോലും ഗോകർണത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചവൻ എവിടെയും പാപഭയം അനുഭവിക്കുകയില്ല. അവിടെ എല്ലാ മഹാത്മാക്കളും തപസ്സിലൂടെ ശാന്തി പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘एकवारम्/once’

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘प्रवेशं कृत्वा/after entering’

• गोकर्णम्: Gokarṇa (place)
• गोकर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• बिभेति: fears
• बिभेति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle): ‘indeed/for’

• अघात्: from sin
• अघात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘अघात् = पापात्/from sin’

• क्वचित्: ever/anywhere
• क्वचित्: Deśa-kāla-adhikaraṇa (Locative adverbial/देश-कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/काल-अव्यय): ‘कदाचित्/कस्मिंश्चित् स्थाने/at any time/anywhere’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/adverb of place): ‘there’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘सर्वे’ (qualifying महात्मानः)

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• शान्तिम्: peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आगताः: attained
• आगताः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः: ‘प्राप्ताः/having attained’

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice not identifiable from the isolated verse; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim steps into the sacred precinct of Gokarṇa; ascetics with matted hair sit in meditation near the sea-temple, radiating calm; the atmosphere conveys fearlessness and peace born of austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa
• Mahātmans (great sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Entering a powerful tīrtha is framed as a turning point: fear of moral downfall diminishes, and peace is cultivated through tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praveśa (entering/coming to the tīrtha) and tapas (austerity) are implied as the spiritual disciplines associated with the site.