Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तस्मिन्सानौ नृपोत्तम । तृषार्तं गोकुलं प्राप्तं गोपगोपीसमाकुलम्

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tasminsānau nṛpottama | tṛṣārtaṃ gokulaṃ prāptaṃ gopagopīsamākulam

Translation

کچھ عرصے بعد، اے بہترین بادشاہ، اس پہاڑی ڈھلان پر گوالوں اور گوالنوں سے بھرا ہوا ایک گوکُل پہنچا، جو پیاس سے بے تاب تھا۔

Word by Word

• kasyacit: of some
• kasyacit: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kas (कस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite genitive singular: ‘of some’)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/पुनरुक्त्यर्थक निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक (indeclinable; ‘then’)

• kālasya: of time
• kālasya: Sambandha (Genitive of time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (काल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (masculine genitive singular)

• tasmin: at that (time)
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative singular)

• sānau: on the ridge/slope
• sānau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sānu (सानु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (neuter locative singular)

• nṛpottama: O best of kings
• nṛpottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + uttama (नृप + उत्तम; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (masculine vocative singular)

• tṛṣārtam: afflicted by thirst
• tṛṣārtam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛṣā + ārta (तृषा + आर्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter accusative singular; adjective)

• gokulam: the cowherd settlement
• gokulam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gokula (गोकुल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)

• prāptam: reached/arrived
• prāptam: Karma (Predicate to object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √āp (आप्) (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (past participle; neuter accusative singular)

• gopagopīsamākulam: crowded with cowherds and cowherd-women
• gopagopīsamākulam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gopa + gopī + samākula (गोप + गोपी + समाकुल; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter accusative singular; adjective)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata (sānu region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpottama (addressed as 'O best of kings')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gोकुल (cowherd settlement) climbs onto a mountain slope: cattle, carts, gopas with staffs, gopīs carrying pots, all weary and searching for water under a harsh sky.

Characters & Entities

• nṛpottama (king addressed)
• gokula
• gopa
• gopī
• mountain slope (sānu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human and pastoral communities seek refuge in sacred landscapes; necessity (thirst) becomes the doorway to dharmic encounters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification is of the Arbuda region within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; this verse introduces the mountain-slope setting rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse sets the narrative scene.