Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्गते मुनिवरे विश्वामित्रस्तपोनिधिः । कौत्सं विद्यावतां श्रेष्ठं विससर्ज गृहान्प्रति

Transliteration

tasmingate munivare viśvāmitrastaponidhiḥ | kautsaṃ vidyāvatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ visasarja gṛhānprati

Translation

ਉਹ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਮੁਨੀ ਦੇ ਚਲੇ ਜਾਣ ਉਪਰੰਤ, ਤਪੋਨਿਧਿ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਮਿਤ੍ਰ ਨੇ ਵਿਦਵਾਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਗੇਵਾਨ ਕੌਤਸ ਨੂੰ ਘਰ ਵੱਲ ਵਿਦਾ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

Word by Word

• tasmin: in/when he (had)
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• gate: having gone
• gate: Saptamī-absolute (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (√gam, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘gone’ (locative absolute with tasmin)

• muni-vare: when the best of sages (had gone)
• muni-vare: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी) — ‘मुनेः वरः’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (tasmin gate ... munivare)

• viśvāmitraḥ: Viśvāmitra
• viśvāmitraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tapo-nidhiḥ: treasure of austerity
• tapo-nidhiḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी) — ‘तपसः निधिः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषणवत्

• kautsam: Kautsa
• kautsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kautsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• vidyāvatām: of the learned
• vidyāvatām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — ‘of the learned’

• śreṣṭham: the best
• śreṣṭham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (kautsam)

• visasarja: dismissed
• visasarja: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘dismissed/sent forth’

• gṛhān: to (his) home
• gṛhān: Gati-karma (Destination/गत्यर्थक कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• prati: towards
• prati: Upapada (Prepositional/उपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition) — towards

Speaker

Narrator (Ayodhyāmāhātmya frame; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—traditionally Brahmā to Nārada)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra, radiant and austere, gestures blessing; Kautsa bows, holding scriptures or a staff, then turns toward the path leading to home—an image of sanctioned departure.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Kautsa
• Durvāsā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual training culminates in a proper conclusion—permission to depart—honoring both discipline and household responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the overarching holy setting of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it narrates the guru granting leave to the disciple.