Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अथ तां रुदतीं शक्रः समादाय त्वरान्वितः । गोवक्त्रेण प्रवेश्याथ गुह्येनाकर्षयत्ततः

Transliteration

atha tāṃ rudatīṃ śakraḥ samādāya tvarānvitaḥ | govaktreṇa praveśyātha guhyenākarṣayattataḥ

Translation

Então Śakra, tomando às pressas a jovem que chorava, fê-la entrar pela boca da vaca e, de lá, puxou-a para fora pelo caminho secreto.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle: “then/thereupon”)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रुदतीम्: crying/weeping
• रुदतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies ‘ताम्’)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive): “having taken up/carrying off”

• त्वरान्वितः: accompanied by haste
• त्वरान्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थ (sense: “accompanied by haste”); विशेषण (qualifies ‘शक्रः’)

• गोवक्त्रेण: through/with a cow’s mouth
• गोवक्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (“cow’s mouth”)

• प्रवेश्य: having made (her) enter
• प्रवेश्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रेरणार्थक-क्त्वा/ल्यप्-रूप (gerund in -य: “having caused to enter/introducing”)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)

• गुह्येन: with the private part
• गुह्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गुह्य’ = गुप्ताङ्ग/गुह्यदेश (private part)

• आकर्षयत्: dragged/pulled
• आकर्षयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + कृष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ततः: from there/thereupon
• ततः: Apadana/Adverbial (अपादान/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: “from there/thereupon”)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra carries a crying maiden toward a cow; the maiden is made to enter through the cow’s mouth and is drawn out through a hidden passage—surreal, liminal, and unsettling.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Gopakanyā
• Go (cow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The episode uses symbolic purification imagery to indicate transition from ordinary status to ritual fitness within a sacred tīrtha narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the tīrthamāhātmya storyline; the kuṇḍa tied to purification is specified in the next verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A purification procedure is implied (entry and emergence through a cow as a symbolic act), preparing for subsequent consecration and bathing.