Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

गोविंदस्वामिनि गते समाहर्तुं चितानलम् । तूर्णं विजयदत्तोऽपि तदा गच्छंतमन्वयात्

Transliteration

goviṃdasvāmini gate samāhartuṃ citānalam | tūrṇaṃ vijayadatto'pi tadā gacchaṃtamanvayāt

Translation

เมื่อโควินทสวามินไปเพื่อไปนำไฟเชิงตะกอน วิชัยทัตตะก็รีบติดตามไปในทันที

Word by Word

• गोविंदस्वामिनि: when/while Govindasvāmin (was)
• गोविंदस्वामिनि: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्दस्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative Singular

• गते: having gone/when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute context)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• समाहर्तुम्: to bring/collect
• समाहर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + हृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive)

• चितानलम्: funeral fire
• चितानलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिता (प्रातिपदिक) + अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• विजयदत्तः: Vijayadatta
• विजयदत्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजयदत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Proper noun

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

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• गच्छन्तम्: (him) going
• गच्छन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अन्वयात्: followed
• अन्वयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + इ (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vijayadatta quickly follows Govindasvāmin as he goes to fetch pyre-fire; the scene emphasizes haste and shadowed anticipation.

Characters & Entities

• Govindasvāmin
• Vijayadatta
• Citānala (pyre fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association and imitation matter; one person’s compromised decision can draw others into the same peril.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu pilgrimage setting continues, but the verse focuses on movement toward the śmaśāna rather than a tīrtha’s praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it continues the narrative of seeking citānala.