Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तस्मिन्देशे द्विजोत्तमाः । आ यातं गोकुलं रम्यं गोपगोपीसमाकुलम्

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tasmindeśe dvijottamāḥ | ā yātaṃ gokulaṃ ramyaṃ gopagopīsamākulam

Translation

ครั้นกาลล่วงไปบ้าง โอ้ท่านพราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ ในแดนนั้นได้มีโคกุลอันรื่นรมย์ คือชุมชนของเหล่าโคบาล มาถึง เต็มไปด้วยโคบาลและหญิงโคบาล

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular); अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite: of some)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक (but/indeed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular, masc.)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• देशे: in the region
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (Locative singular, masc.)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: excellent Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक: द्विज + उत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural, masc.)

• आ: towards
• आ: Sambandha (Directional particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थे/आगमनसूचक (prefix-like: towards/unto)

• यातम्: gone/arrived
• यातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √या (या धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neut.); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• गोकुलम्: Gokula
• गोकुलम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neut.)

• रम्यम्: beautiful
• रम्यम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neut.); विशेषणम् (qualifier of गोकुलम्)

• गोपगोपीसमाकुलम्: filled with cowherds and cowherd-women
• गोपगोपीसमाकुलम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोप-गोपी-समाकुल (प्रातिपदिक: गोप + गोपी + समाकुल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neut.); विशेषणम् (qualifier of गोकुलम्)

Speaker

Narrator (within the Purāṇic dialogue; exact named speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative region (approach to redemptive event)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija interlocutor(s) (‘dvijottamāḥ’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pastoral caravan arrives: huts and cattle pens being set up, gopas with staffs, gopīs carrying pots; the forest edge darkens behind them where the tiger watches unseen—contrast of innocence and danger.

Characters & Entities

• Gokula
• Gopas
• Gopīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha stories root divine events in lived communities, showing dharma unfolding in ordinary landscapes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative remains within the Śrī Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / Kalaśeśvara context; Gokula appears as a nearby settlement in the story-world.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a new setting and population entering the region.