Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तं कुमारमपि स्वप्ने दृष्ट्वा चात्म शरीरजम् । विलोक्य विस्मयाविष्टस्तदंतिकमुपाययौ

Transliteration

taṃ kumāramapi svapne dṛṣṭvā cātma śarīrajam | vilokya vismayāviṣṭastadaṃtikamupāyayau

Translation

At nang makita rin niya ang batang iyon—na nakita na niya sa panaginip, na isinilang mula sa sarili niyang katawan—tinitigan niya ito nang may pagkamangha at lumapit nang malapit sa kanila.

Word by Word

• tam: him/that (one)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• kumāram: the boy/prince
• kumāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); ‘also/even’

• svapne: in a dream
• svapne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svapna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ātma: of (his) own/self
• ātma: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण (genitive sense as prior member)

• śarīrajam: born of (his) body
• śarīrajam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śarīra + ja (प्रातिपदिक; जन्य-भाव)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः): शरीरात् जातः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कुमारम्)

• vilokya: having looked at
• vilokya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: lok (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having looked/observed’

• vismayāviṣṭaḥ: overcome with astonishment
• vismayāviṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismaya + āviṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √viś with ā)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (तृतीया/सप्तमी-भावे): विस्मयेन आविष्टः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कर्ता)

• tadantikam: near him/that place near (him)
• tadantikam: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः: तस्य अन्तिकम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; गत्यर्थे कर्मवत्

• upāyayau: went/approached
• upāyayau: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु) उपसर्ग-उप + ā
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brahma-related khandas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A man beholds a radiant boy he had seen in dreams; his face shows astonishment as he steps closer, the atmosphere charged with omen-like stillness.

Characters & Entities

• kumāra (boy)
• svapna (dream)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma and relationships unfold with surprising clarity; what is dimly known inwardly can become evident outwardly at the right time and place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa (the scene of unfolding recognition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.