Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

संप्रयाणे मनुष्याणां संभ्रमः सुमहानभूत् । इति सर्वेषु गच्छत्सु गोकर्णं शिवमंदिरम्

Transliteration

saṃprayāṇe manuṣyāṇāṃ saṃbhramaḥ sumahānabhūt | iti sarveṣu gacchatsu gokarṇaṃ śivamaṃdiram

Translation

Когда люди двинулись в путь, поднялась великая суматоха. И так, пока все шли, они направлялись к Гокарне — храму Шивы.

Word by Word

• संप्रयाणे: at the departure/journey
• संप्रयाणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संप्रयाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मनुष्याणाम्: of the people
• मनुष्याणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• संभ्रमः: confusion; commotion
• संभ्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• अभूत्: arose; happened
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-निपात (quotative particle)

• सर्वेषु: among all; when all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (सामान्यतः), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• गच्छत्सु: while (they) were going
• गच्छत्सु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी, बहुवचन; 'गच्छत्'

• गोकर्णम्: Gokarṇa (place)
• गोकर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शिवमंदिरम्: Śiva’s temple
• शिवमंदिरम्: Karma (Object/apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य मन्दिरम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A swelling crowd sets out; dust rises; banners and staffs sway; in the distance stands the Śiva temple of Gokarṇa, drawing everyone forward.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred destination (Śiva’s shrine) draws the many together; collective yātrā becomes a force that turns life toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa, specifically as a Śiva-mandira-centered tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is stated; the verse establishes the yātrā movement toward the shrine.