Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तया तत्र यदुश्रेष्ठो विकल्पमकरोत्तदा । अंगराजसुता या मे प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी

Transliteration

tayā tatra yaduśreṣṭho vikalpamakarottadā | aṃgarājasutā yā me prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī

Translation

তার কারণেই সেখানে যদুশ্রেষ্ঠ সন্দেহে পড়ল—“অঙ্গরাজের সেই কন্যা, যে আমার প্রাণের চেয়েও প্রিয়…”

Word by Word

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• yaduśreṣṭhaḥ: the best of the Yadus
• yaduśreṣṭhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadu (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यदूनां श्रेष्ठः)

• vikalpam: a choice/alternative
• vikalpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• akarot: made
• akarot: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + लङ्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• aṃgarājasutā: the daughter of the king of Aṅga
• aṃgarājasutā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgarāja (प्रातिपदिक) + sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अङ्गराजस्य सुता)

• yā: who (she who)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; enclitic form

• prāṇebhyaḥ: than (my) lives/breaths
• prāṇebhyaḥ: Apadana (Comparison base/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even)

• garīyasī: dearer/more weighty
• garīyasī: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) (तुलनात्मक: गरीयस्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-रूप (comparative)

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the encounter, the Yadu hero is struck by doubt, recalling his beloved—‘the Aṅga princess dearer than life’—his face shifting from passion to troubled reflection.

Characters & Entities

• Yadu
• Aṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment and passion can create inner confusion; dharma calls for steadiness and clarity of mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is specified in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.