Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वा ह्युरणकौ तत्र गंधर्वा अपि निर्ययुः । राजा मेषौ समादाय हृष्टः स्वशयनांतिकम्

Transliteration

tyaktvā hyuraṇakau tatra gaṃdharvā api niryayuḥ | rājā meṣau samādāya hṛṣṭaḥ svaśayanāṃtikam

Translation

เหล่าคันธรรพ์ละทิ้งแกะผู้สองตัวไว้ที่นั่นแล้วจากไป พระราชาทรงอุ้มแกะผู้ทั้งสองด้วยความยินดี แล้วเสด็จกลับไปยังข้างพระแท่นบรรทมของพระองค์

Word by Word

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); (having abandoned)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

• उरणकौ: the two rams
• उरणकौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; (Accusative dual)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• गन्धर्वाः: the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (Nominative plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• निर्ययुः: went out
• निर्ययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; (they went out)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (Nominative singular)

• मेषौ: two rams
• मेषौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन; (Accusative dual)

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); (having taken up)

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (delighted)

• स्व: own
• स्व: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रातिपदिक; समासे पूर्वपद; (own)

• शयन: bed
• शयन: Adhikarana (in compound sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासे पूर्वपद-प्रातिपदिक; (bed)

• अन्तिकम्: near, vicinity
• अन्तिकम्: Gati (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (Accusative singular: 'near')

• स्वशयनान्तिकम्: to his bed’s vicinity
• स्वशयनान्तिकम्: Gati (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शयन (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य शयनस्य अन्तिकम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (to the vicinity of his own bed)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gandharvas ascend and vanish into the sky, leaving two rams on the ground; the king lifts the rams joyfully and returns toward his bedchamber, unaware of the greater consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Purūravas
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Relief after danger can mask deeper loss; the narrative contrasts immediate ‘success’ with the unseen consequence already set in motion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.