Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

मयाऽद्य तत्र गंतव्यं मृगराजसमीपतः । यदा च शपथैः पुत्र दास्यामि च कलेवरम्

Transliteration

mayā'dya tatra gaṃtavyaṃ mṛgarājasamīpataḥ | yadā ca śapathaiḥ putra dāsyāmi ca kalevaram

Translation

她说道：今日我必须前往那里，直至兽中王者面前。因为依我所立誓言，孩子啊，我必须舍弃甚至此身。

Word by Word

• मया: by me / I (instrumental)
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्गे (सामान्य-प्रयोगः), तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण/सह), एकवचनम्; English: pronoun ‘I’, instrumental singular

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• गन्तव्यम्: must go / is to be gone
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (तव्यत्) भावे/कर्तरि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; impersonal obligation: ‘to be gone / must go’

• मृगराजसमीपतः: from near the lion (king of beasts)
• मृगराजसमीपतः: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मृगराज (प्रातिपदिक) + समीप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्ययम् (ablatival adverb) ‘from near’; समासः: मृगराजस्य समीपम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (relative adverb: when)

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

• शपथैः: by oaths
• शपथैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; English: instrumental plural ‘by/with oaths’

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; vocative address

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future), उत्तम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; English: ‘I will give’

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

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: accusative singular

Speaker

Mother (unnamed)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vatsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kapilā prepares to walk toward the tiger’s presence, speaking of giving up her body as required by her oath; the path ahead is narrow and solemn.

Characters & Entities

• Vatsa
• Mother
• Mṛgarāja (lord of beasts)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Keeping one’s pledged word is upheld as dharma, even when it leads to personal loss or death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated within Arbudakhaṇḍa’s sacred landscape; no specific tīrtha is explicitly named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed; the emphasis is on the dharmic duty of fulfilling an oath.