Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

पितरं तं परित्यज्य महावेगसमन्वितः । तूर्णमाकाशमाविश्य प्रययावस्खलद्गतिः

Transliteration

pitaraṃ taṃ parityajya mahāvegasamanvitaḥ | tūrṇamākāśamāviśya prayayāvaskhaladgatiḥ

Translation

ครั้นละทิ้งบิดาแล้ว ด้วยมหาเวคอันแรงกล้า เขารีบเหินเข้าสู่นภา และบินจากไป—เคลื่อนไหวไร้อุปสรรค

Word by Word

• पितरम्: the father
• पितरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: √त्यज् (त्यागे) उपसर्ग: परि-

• महावेगसमन्वितः: endowed with great speed
• महावेगसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vega (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महावेगेन समन्वितः)

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb)

• आकाशम्: the sky
• आकाशम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• आविश्य: having entered
• आविश्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: √विश् (प्रवेशने) उपसर्ग: आ-

• प्रययौ: went forth
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: √या (गत्यर्थे) उपसर्ग: प्र-

• अस्खलद्गतिः: whose movement did not falter
• अस्खलद्गतिः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a (नञ्/अभाव) + skhalat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, शतृ) + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (अस्खलद् गतिः यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame, typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The vetāla releases his father and, with tremendous speed, shoots upward into the sky, vanishing into darkness—his flight smooth and unhindered, leaving the father shaken below.

Characters & Entities

• Vetāla (implied)
• Pitṛ (father; unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma takes hold, even natural bonds are cast aside; dharma protects relationships and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra is the contextual tirtha within which this episode is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.