Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

ततस्तौ तत्क्षणान्मुक्तौ गोकर्णौ ब्राह्मणौ समम् । स्वंस्वं कलेवरं प्राप्य सहसाथ समन्वितौ

Transliteration

tatastau tatkṣaṇānmuktau gokarṇau brāhmaṇau samam | svaṃsvaṃ kalevaraṃ prāpya sahasātha samanvitau

Translation

ครั้นแล้ว ณ ขณะนั้นเอง พราหมณ์ทั้งสองนามโคกรรณะก็พ้นพันธนาการพร้อมกัน ครั้นได้กายของตนคืนมา ก็กลับสมบูรณ์พร้อมโดยฉับพลัน

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Point of time/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्-क्षण (that very moment)

• मुक्तौ: released, freed
• मुक्तौ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मुच् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘तौ’ विशेषण

• गोकर्णौ: (the two) Gokarṇas
• गोकर्णौ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; समासः गो-कर्ण; नाम

• ब्राह्मणौ: two Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणौ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; ‘गोकर्णौ’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• समम्: together
• समम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम् (अव्यय)
• Form: समानार्थक-अव्यय (together/equally)

• स्वम्: one's own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कलेवरम्’ विशेषण

• स्वम्: (each) his own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्तिः ‘each his own’ अर्थे

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having obtained’

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (suddenly/quickly)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Kriya-viseshana (Discourse connector/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/and then)

• समन्वितौ: united, together, accompanied
• समन्वितौ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अनु-√इ (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘युक्त/समेत’ अर्थे

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Both brāhmaṇas named Gokarṇa are freed at once; each regains his own body, becoming whole and restored together in a sudden, luminous resolution.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is set right, bondage is removed swiftly; restoration (regaining the body/state) follows righteous adjudication.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse continues the story; the tīrtha focus remains the chapter’s Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya rather than naming a new site here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates immediate release and restoration.