Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्मात्प्रवृत्तास्ते द्रष्टुकामा महागजम् । कुंडिकाः संपरित्यज्य संनह्यात्मानमात्मना

Transliteration

tatastasmātpravṛttāste draṣṭukāmā mahāgajam | kuṃḍikāḥ saṃparityajya saṃnahyātmānamātmanā

Translation

แล้วจากที่นั่น พวกเขาก็ออกเดินทางด้วยความปรารถนาจะได้เห็นช้างใหญ่ ทิ้งหม้อน้ำ (กุณฑิกา) ไว้ แล้วเตรียมตนด้วยความมุ่งมั่นแน่วแน่

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रम/हेतुवाचक (then/thereupon)

• tasmāt: from that (place)
• tasmāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Ablative, Singular)

• pravṛttāḥ: set forth, proceeded
• pravṛttāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pravṛtta (कृदन्त; vṛt धातु से क्त, प्र-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• draṣṭu-kāmāḥ: desiring to see
• draṣṭu-kāmāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: draṣṭum (दृश्-धातु) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); तुमुन्-सम्बन्धेन इच्छार्थक (desirous of seeing)

• mahā-gajam: the great elephant
• mahā-gajam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• kuṃḍikāḥ: water-pots
• kuṃḍikāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṃḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम् (Feminine, Nominative, Plural)

• saṃparityajya: having abandoned
• saṃparityajya: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-pari-tyaj (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्तः अव्यय-भावः (Gerund/absolutive: having completely abandoned)

• saṃnahya: having prepared/girded
• saṃnahya: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-nah (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्तः अव्यय-भावः (Gerund: having girded/armed)

• ātmānam: themselves
• ātmānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• ātmanā: by themselves
• ātmanā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃgameśvara (departure point)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages rise from the confluence spot and stride forward with determined faces; water-pots lie set aside on the ground; the path leads toward forested terrain where the great elephant may be seen.

Characters & Entities

• mahāgaja (great elephant)
• kuṇḍikā (water-pot)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual pursuit often requires renunciation of conveniences and steadfast determination on the sacred path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse foreshadows the naming of Kuṇḍikā Tīrtha based on the abandonment of the kuṇḍikās.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; symbolic renunciation (setting aside the water-pots) is highlighted.