Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तत्रापि गंतुकामोऽहं देवैः सह षडाननः

Transliteration

tatrāpi gaṃtukāmo'haṃ devaiḥ saha ṣaḍānanaḥ

Translation

ହେ ଷଡାନନ! ମୁଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେହି ସ୍ଥାନକୁ ଯିବାକୁ ଇଚ୍ଛା କରୁଛି—ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ସହିତ।

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• gantukāmaḥ: desirous to go
• gantukāmaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gantum (tumun of gam धातु) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying 'aham/ṣaḍānanaḥ'): 'going-desirous'

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• devaiḥ: with the gods
• devaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: 'with')

• ṣaḍānanaḥ: Six-faced one (Skanda)
• ṣaḍānanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); नाम (epithet of Skanda)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva expresses intent to travel to Dharmāraṇya accompanied by devas; Skanda is addressed as Ṣaḍānana, suggesting a familial yet cosmic council before departure.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devas
• Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the gods honor and seek sacred places; pilgrimage is portrayed as a divine-valued act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, the destination Śiva expresses the desire to visit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse frames a sacred journey (yātrā) as the context.