Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वांतर्हितो देवि स चतुर्मुखनंदनः । राजाप्यर्णवमासाद्य यथोक्तं परिलक्ष्य च

Transliteration

ityuktvāṃtarhito devi sa caturmukhanaṃdanaḥ | rājāpyarṇavamāsādya yathoktaṃ parilakṣya ca

Translation

ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว ข้าแต่เทวี โอรสแห่งผู้มีสี่พักตร์ (พรหมา) นั้นก็อันตรธานหายไป ส่วนพระราชาก็เสด็จถึงมหาสมุทร และตามที่ทรงรับคำไว้ ก็ทรงพิจารณาสังเกตเครื่องหมายโดยรอบคอบ

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyopasaṃhāra (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having said’

• antarhitaḥ: disappeared
• antarhitaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate, with implied ‘abhavat’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: antarhita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘disappeared/hidden’ (used predicatively)

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• caturmukhanandanaḥ: son of the four-faced (Brahmā)
• caturmukhanandanaḥ: Kartā (Apposition to saḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturmukha + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (caturmukhasya nandanaḥ)

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/also particle)

• arṇavam: the ocean
• arṇavam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āsādya: having reached
• āsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + sad (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having reached/approached’

• yathā-uktam: as stated
• yathā-uktam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थः ‘as said/according to what was said’

• parilakṣya: having observed
• parilakṣya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + lakṣ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having observed/noticed’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśī Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arṇava-tīra (ocean threshold; narrative)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘Devi’ addressed in narration; king as immediate addressee of instruction

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Brahmā-associated divine being (caturmukha-nandana) gives final instruction and vanishes; the king arrives at the ocean and scans for the indicated sign—winds, whirlpool, shining mark, or a subtle opening in the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Caturmukha)
• Ocean (Arṇava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith is completed by disciplined action—following the given instruction with attentive observation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

An ocean-shore setting is referenced, but no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the instruction is to reach and observe as directed.