Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

ततः स कथयामास गोकर्णः प्रथमो द्विजः । यमोपदेशसंजुष्टो द्वितीयाय सविस्तरम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa gokarṇaḥ prathamo dvijaḥ | yamopadeśasaṃjuṣṭo dvitīyāya savistaram

Translation

แล้วพราหมณ์ผู้แรกนามว่าโคกรรณะ ผู้ได้รับความสมบูรณ์ด้วยโอวาทแห่งยมะ ได้อธิบายเรื่องทั้งปวงแก่ผู้อื่นเป็นลำดับโดยพิสดาร

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = pronoun

• कथयामास: told, narrated
• कथयामास: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense not intended here; ‘he narrated/told’

• गोकर्णः: Gokarṇa
• गोकर्णः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gokarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समास: गो+कर्ण (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-नाम)

• प्रथमः: the first
• प्रथमः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• द्विजः: brahmin
• द्विजः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यमोपदेशसंजुष्टः: endowed with Yama’s instruction
• यमोपदेशसंजुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yama+upadeśa+saṃjuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘संजुष्ट’ = भूतकृदन्त (क्त), √जुष् (सेवने) with सम्-; समास: यम-उपदेशेन संजुष्टः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• द्वितीयाय: to the second (one)
• द्वितीयाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; दान/सम्प्रदानार्थे = dative

• सविस्तरम्: in detail
• सविस्तरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa+vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverbial usage

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the second (dvitīya) Gokarṇa / companion brāhmaṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two brāhmaṇas seated in a quiet sacred grove or near a shrine; the elder Gokarṇa speaks with composed authority, evoking Yama’s teachings; the younger listens attentively with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa
• Yama (Dharmarāja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual insight gained through dharma-teaching (even from Yama) should be transmitted clearly to others for their upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No additional site is named; the verse continues the didactic narrative within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya of Adhyāya 26.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it indicates detailed instruction-sharing (upadeśa) between the two brāhmaṇas.