Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84
Devanagari script
तं कुमारमपि स्वप्ने दृष्ट्वा चात्म शरीरजम् । विलोक्य विस्मयाविष्टस्तदंतिकमुपाययौ
Transliteration
taṃ kumāramapi svapne dṛṣṭvā cātma śarīrajam | vilokya vismayāviṣṭastadaṃtikamupāyayau
Translation
ਉਸ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ—ਜਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਉਹ ਸੁਪਨੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਦੇਖ ਚੁੱਕਾ ਸੀ, ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਦੇਹ ਤੋਂ ਜਨਮਿਆ—ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਅਚੰਭੇ ਨਾਲ ਭਰ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ ਜਾ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ।
Word by Word
tamhim/that (one)
tam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम
kumāramthe boy/prince
kumāram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-भाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle); ‘also/even’
svapnein a dream
svapne:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsvapna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen’
caand
ca:
Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
ātmaof (his) own/self
ātma:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण (genitive sense as prior member)
śarīrajamborn of (his) body
śarīrajam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootśarīra + ja (प्रातिपदिक; जन्य-भाव)
Formतत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः): शरीरात् जातः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कुमारम्)
vilokyahaving looked at
vilokya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootlok (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having looked/observed’
vismayāviṣṭaḥovercome with astonishment
vismayāviṣṭaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvismaya + āviṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √viś with ā)
Formतत्पुरुष-समासः (तृतीया/सप्तमी-भावे): विस्मयेन आविष्टः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कर्ता)
tadantikamnear him/that place near (him)
tadantikam:
Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad + antika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समासः: तस्य अन्तिकम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; गत्यर्थे कर्मवत्
upāyayauwent/approached
upāyayau:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rooti (धातु) उपसर्ग-उप + ā
Formलिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brahma-related khandas)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A man beholds a radiant boy he had seen in dreams; his face shows astonishment as he steps closer, the atmosphere charged with omen-like stillness.
Characters & Entities
K
kumāra (boy)S
svapna (dream)FAQs
Karma and relationships unfold with surprising clarity; what is dimly known inwardly can become evident outwardly at the right time and place.
Gokarṇa (the scene of unfolding recognition).
None.