Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तत्रागत्य वरारोहा तप्ता तापेन भूयसा । विलसंतं सरस्तीरे छायावृक्षं समाश्रयत्

Transliteration

tatrāgatya varārohā taptā tāpena bhūyasā | vilasaṃtaṃ sarastīre chāyāvṛkṣaṃ samāśrayat

Translation

ครั้นมาถึงที่นั้น สตรีผู้สูงศักดิ์ถูกความร้อนแรงกล้ากดทับยิ่งนัก จึงอาศัยร่มไม้ใหญ่ที่เขียวชอุ่มริมฝั่งสระเป็นที่พึ่ง

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• आगत्य: having arrived
• आगत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having come’

• वरारोहा: the fair-limbed woman
• वरारोहा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरः आरोहः यस्याः/या) = सुन्दरारोही स्त्री

• तप्ता: afflicted, scorched
• तप्ता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु) → तप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तापेन: by heat/torment
• तापेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• भूयसा: greatly, more
• भूयसा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-प्रयोगः ‘more, greatly’ (क्रियाविशेषणवत्)

• विलसन्तम्: shining, flourishing
• विलसन्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + लस् (धातु) → विलसत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘छायावृक्षम्’ विशेषणम्

• सरस्-तीरे: on the lake’s bank
• सरस्-तीरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सरसः तीरम्)

• छाया-वृक्षम्: a shade-giving tree
• छाया-वृक्षम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाया (प्रातिपदिक) + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (छायायाः वृक्षः) = छायाप्रदः वृक्षः

• समाश्रयत्: took refuge in, resorted to
• समाश्रयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in the given snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimala-saras (bank)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the lake’s edge stands a lush shade-tree; the noble woman, sweating and weary, leans into its cool shadow, the water glinting nearby.

Characters & Entities

• chāyā-vṛkṣa (shade tree)
• saras (lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas portray nature—trees and waters—as dharmic refuge, sustaining beings in crisis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the verse describes a sacred-seeming lakeside environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes shelter and setting.