Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 160

Devanagari script

इत्यामन्त्र्य मुनिः प्रीत्या गौतमो मिथिलां ययौ । सोऽपि हृष्टमना राजा गोकर्णं प्रत्यपद्यत

Transliteration

ityāmantrya muniḥ prītyā gautamo mithilāṃ yayau | so'pi hṛṣṭamanā rājā gokarṇaṃ pratyapadyata

Translation

یوں محبت سے رخصت لے کر مُنی گوتم متھلا کی طرف روانہ ہوا۔ وہ راجا بھی دل میں مسرور ہو کر گوکرن کی جانب چل پڑا۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उक्त्यर्थे (quotative particle: “thus”)

• āmantrya: having addressed
• āmantrya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√mantr (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having addressed/invited)

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• prītyā: with affection
• prītyā: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; हेतौ/भावे (with affection)

• gautamaḥ: Gautama
• gautamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेष्य-नाम

• mithilām: to Mithilā
• mithilām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mithilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (object of motion)

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also)

• hṛṣṭamanāḥ: with delighted mind
• hṛṣṭamanāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त) + manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (हृष्टं मनः यस्य/हृष्टमनाः); विशेषण

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• gokarṇam: to Gokarṇa
• gokarṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gokarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म

• pratyapadyata: set out / went towards
• pratyapadyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√pad (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene forest hermitage farewell: Gautama muni, staff and kamaṇḍalu in hand, blesses the king; the king, with attendants and a small retinue, turns toward the western sea-route to Gokarṇa; distant palms and a hint of coastline suggest the pilgrimage ahead.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Mithilā
• Gokarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy narratives culminate in right action: the sage returns to dharma-bound duties, and the king moves toward a tīrtha, showing devotion expressed through pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa is foregrounded as the destination, indicating its tīrtha-status within the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it marks a narrative movement toward the tīrtha (implying pilgrimage and worship there).