Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यथायथाथ सा याति वृद्धिं कमललोचना । तथातथास्य सुस्नेहो जाबालेरप्यवर्धत

Transliteration

yathāyathātha sā yāti vṛddhiṃ kamalalocanā | tathātathāsya susneho jābālerapyavardhata

Translation

যিমান যিমান সেই কমললোচনী কন্যা বৃদ্ধি পালে, সিমান সিমান জাবালীৰ কোমল স্নেহো বৃদ্ধি পালে।

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यथार्थे (as)

• यथा: as...as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (so and so / more and more)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/सम्बन्धसूचक (then/and)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वृद्धिम्: growth
• वृद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कमललोचना: lotus-eyed
• कमललोचना: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमल + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (कमलवत् लोचने यस्याः सा) विशेषणम् (साया:)

• तथा: so
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तथार्थे (so)

• तथा: accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (so and so / correspondingly)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुस्नेहः: strong affection
• सुस्नेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सुः स्नेहः = उत्तमः स्नेहः)

• जाबालेः: of Jābāli
• जाबालेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाबालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (also/even)

• अवर्धत: increased, grew
• अवर्धत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The lotus-eyed maiden, now more mature, stands or sits within the bower; Jābāli watches with deepening tenderness, the scene charged with gentle but ethically tense affection.

Characters & Entities

• Jābāli
• the maiden (kamalalocanā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In dharmic life, love expressed as responsibility and protection deepens as the one cared for flourishes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the chapter belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya framework in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.