Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

आत्मनः पितरं वेगात्कश्यपं समुपेयिवान् । कुत्र यासीति तत्पृष्टो गरुडस्तम भाषत

Transliteration

ātmanaḥ pitaraṃ vegātkaśyapaṃ samupeyivān | kutra yāsīti tatpṛṣṭo garuḍastama bhāṣata

Translation

അവൻ വേഗത്തിൽ തന്റെ പിതാവായ കശ്യപന്റെ അടുക്കൽ എത്തി. “എവിടേക്കാണ് പോകുന്നത്?” എന്നു ചോദിക്കപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ ഗരുഡൻ അദ്ദേഹത്തോടു പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• आत्मनः: of himself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• वेगात्: swiftly / out of haste
• वेगात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause: ‘out of speed/haste’)

• कश्यपम्: Kaśyapa
• कश्यपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• समुपेयिवान्: having approached
• समुपेयिवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उप + इ (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect participle active); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having approached’

• कुत्र: where
• कुत्र: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Interrogative adverb/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक देशवाचक (interrogative adverb: where)

• यासि: do you go
• यासि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरणसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘that (question/statement)’

• पृष्टः: asked
• पृष्टः: Karta (Subject; patient in passive/कर्मकर्तृभाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गरुडः: Garuḍa
• गरुडः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अभाषत: spoke
• अभाषत: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (reporting dialogue setup)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaśyapa-āśrama (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa, still charged with speed, arrives at Kaśyapa’s serene hermitage; the sage asks calmly, ‘Where are you going?’

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Kaśyapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Major quests in Purāṇas are anchored in lineage and counsel—seeking guidance from elders is dharmic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Māhātmya is the larger unit; no named tīrtha appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.