Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

सकृत्प्रविश्य गोकर्णं न बिभेति ह्यघात्क्वचित् । तत्र सर्वे महात्मानस्तपसा शांतिमागताः

Transliteration

sakṛtpraviśya gokarṇaṃ na bibheti hyaghātkvacit | tatra sarve mahātmānastapasā śāṃtimāgatāḥ

Translation

جو ایک بار بھی گوکرن میں داخل ہو جائے، وہ کہیں بھی گناہ سے نہیں ڈرتا۔ وہاں سب مہاتما تپسیا کے ذریعے شانتی کو پہنچے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘एकवारम्/once’

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘प्रवेशं कृत्वा/after entering’

• गोकर्णम्: Gokarṇa (place)
• गोकर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• बिभेति: fears
• बिभेति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle): ‘indeed/for’

• अघात्: from sin
• अघात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘अघात् = पापात्/from sin’

• क्वचित्: ever/anywhere
• क्वचित्: Deśa-kāla-adhikaraṇa (Locative adverbial/देश-कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/काल-अव्यय): ‘कदाचित्/कस्मिंश्चित् स्थाने/at any time/anywhere’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/adverb of place): ‘there’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘सर्वे’ (qualifying महात्मानः)

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• शान्तिम्: peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आगताः: attained
• आगताः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः: ‘प्राप्ताः/having attained’

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice not identifiable from the isolated verse; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim steps into the sacred precinct of Gokarṇa; ascetics with matted hair sit in meditation near the sea-temple, radiating calm; the atmosphere conveys fearlessness and peace born of austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa
• Mahātmans (great sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Entering a powerful tīrtha is framed as a turning point: fear of moral downfall diminishes, and peace is cultivated through tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praveśa (entering/coming to the tīrtha) and tapas (austerity) are implied as the spiritual disciplines associated with the site.