Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तस्यानंतरमेवाथ सुरभी वत्ससंयुता । निष्क्रांता व्योममार्गेण गोलोकं समवस्थिता

Transliteration

tasyānaṃtaramevātha surabhī vatsasaṃyutā | niṣkrāṃtā vyomamārgeṇa golokaṃ samavasthitā

Translation

तदनन्तरमेव सुरभी वत्ससमन्विता व्योममार्गेण निष्क्रान्ता गोलोकं प्राप्य समवस्थिता।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/thereof
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगानुसार (of him/it)

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial accusative usage), कालवाचक (temporal)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थक (emphatic)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), आरम्भ/अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• सुरभी: Surabhī (the divine cow)
• सुरभी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरभी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वत्स-संयुता: accompanied by a calf
• वत्स-संयुता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; √युज् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वत्सेन संयुता = accompanied by a calf)

• निष्क्रान्ता: went forth/emerged
• निष्क्रान्ता: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निष्क्रान्त (कृदन्त; निṣ्+√क्रम् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (having gone out)

• व्योम-मार्गेण: by the path of the sky
• व्योम-मार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योम (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (व्योमस्य मार्गः)

• गोलोकम्: to Goloka
• गोलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समवस्थिता: became established/arrived
• समवस्थिता: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: समवस्थित (कृदन्त; सम्+अव+√स्था (धातु) क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; स्थित्यर्थक (having arrived/being established)

Speaker

Unknown (deduced: Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Surabhī, radiant and gentle, rises from the churned ocean with her calf, then ascends along a luminous sky-path toward Goloka; devas and dānavas remain below amid churned waves and celestial spray.

Characters & Entities

• Surabhī
• Goloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred nourishment and prosperity (symbolized by Surabhī) are divine trusts, belonging to higher realms and meant to sustain dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Goloka is mentioned as a celestial realm, not an earthly pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.