Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अद्यैकाहं च संप्राप्ता कानने जनवर्जिते । पुत्रं बालं परित्यज्य गोपैर्गोष्ठे नियंत्रितम्

Transliteration

adyaikāhaṃ ca saṃprāptā kānane janavarjite | putraṃ bālaṃ parityajya gopairgoṣṭhe niyaṃtritam

Translation

“Hoje cheguei sozinha a esta floresta deserta de gente, deixando para trás meu filho pequeno, mantido preso no curral pelos vaqueiros.”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today/now)

• एक-अहम्: for one day
• एक-अहम्: Kala (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (एकः अहः = one day); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• संप्राप्ता: having arrived
• संप्राप्ता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्राप्तवती’ (having arrived)

• कानने: in the forest
• कानने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• जन-वर्जिते: devoid of people
• जन-वर्जिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जनैः वर्जितम् = devoid of people); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कानन-विशेषण

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• बालम्: young
• बालम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषण (young)

• परित्यज्य: having left behind
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-अर्थे अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल (having abandoned/left)

• गोपैः: by the cowherds
• गोपैः: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-सहायक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• गोष्ठे: in the cowshed
• गोष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• नियंत्रितम्: kept under restraint
• नियंत्रितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-यम्/यन्त्र् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत्; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषण (restrained/kept)

Speaker

Nandinī (the cow) — inferred from immediate narrative flow

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (addressed brāhmaṇa listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandinī speaks aloud: she is alone today in a deserted forest, having left her young one confined in the cow-pen by cowherds; the emptiness of the woods amplifies her fear.

Characters & Entities

• Nandinī
• forest (kānana)
• gopāḥ (cowherds)
• goṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid fear and isolation, dharma is remembered through one’s obligations to dependents.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shloka is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the precise site is not named within this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction appears; the verse provides narrative setting for a tīrtha-linked moral episode.