Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

क्षुत्कामकंठास्तृषितान्गौरी मत्वा तपोधनान् । आदाय गोरसं तेषां कारुण्यात्सा पुरः स्थिता

Transliteration

kṣutkāmakaṃṭhāstṛṣitāngaurī matvā tapodhanān | ādāya gorasaṃ teṣāṃ kāruṇyātsā puraḥ sthitā

Translation

တပဿာကို ဓနအဖြစ်ထားသော သာသနာရှင်များကို ဆာလောင်၍ ရေငတ်နေကြသည်ဟု ဂေါရီက ထင်မြင်ကာ၊ ကရုဏာကြောင့် နို့ကို ယူဆောင်လာပြီး သူတို့ရှေ့တွင် ရပ်နေ하였다။

Word by Word

• kṣut-kāma-kaṇṭhāḥ: hungry
• kṣut-kāma-kaṇṭhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣut (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (having throats desiring food; i.e., hungry)

• tṛṣitān: thirsty
• tṛṣitān: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √tṛṣ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• gaurī: Gaurī
• gaurī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• matvā: having considered
• matvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having considered)

• tapo-dhanān: the ascetics
• tapo-dhanān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having taken)

• go-rasam: cow’s milk (lit. cow-essence)
• go-rasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kāruṇyāt: out of compassion
• kāruṇyāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāruṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• puraḥ: in front
• puraḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puras (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place: in front)

• sthitā: stood
• sthitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + क्त (past participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; (having) stood

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī approaches a group of emaciated, radiant sages in a forested Prabhāsa landscape, holding a vessel of fresh milk; her face shows tender concern, while the sages sit in tapas-posture with matted hair and deer-skins.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Ascetics/Brāhmaṇas (tapodhanāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha-path is upheld by compassion—divine and human—toward weary pilgrims and ascetics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode unfolds on the Prabhāsakṣetra pilgrimage route connected to Kubera’s Āśrama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied dharma of hospitality/charitable nourishment (anna-pāna-sevā), here symbolized by offering milk.