Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 89
Devanagari script
स गत्वा दूरमध्वानं वेतालैः सह संगतः । तमागतं समालोक्य वेतोलास्सर्व एव ते
Transliteration
sa gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ vetālaiḥ saha saṃgataḥ | tamāgataṃ samālokya vetolāssarva eva te
Translation
ครั้นเขาเดินทางไกลแล้วไปสมทบกับเหล่าเวตาละ ครั้นเหล่าเวตาละทั้งปวงเห็นเขามาถึง ก็พร้อมใจกันหันมามองเขา
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having gone)
दूरम्far
दूरम्:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: far)
अध्वानम्journey/road
अध्वानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
वेतालैःwith/by the vetālas
वेतालैः:
Sahakāraka/Instrument (सहकारक/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवेताल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition meaning 'with')
संगतः(he) joined/associated
संगतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोगः—‘joined/associated’
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
आगतम्arrived/come
आगतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘come/arrived’ (tam इति विशेषण)
समालोक्यhaving seen
समालोक्य:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + लोक् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having looked at/seen’
वेतोलाःthe vetolas (a class of beings)
वेतोलाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवेतोल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying vetolāḥ)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
Speaker
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Setukhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A lone figure after a long trek reaches a shadowy assembly of vetālas; they turn as one to look at the newcomer, forming a ring in a cremation-ground-like liminal landscape.
Characters & Entities
V
VetālasFAQs
One’s chosen conduct leads to corresponding company; adharma draws one into adharma-oriented circles.
The episode belongs to Setu Māhātmya, tied to Setu-kṣetra pilgrimage tradition.
None.