Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा प्रेमनिर्विण्णा पुलकांकितविग्रहा । निरुद्धबाष्पप्रसरा तस्थौ तन्न्यस्तलोचना

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā premanirviṇṇā pulakāṃkitavigrahā | niruddhabāṣpaprasarā tasthau tannyastalocanā

Translation

Als sie ihn erblickte, stand sie, von Liebe überwältigt; ihr Leib war von Gänsehaut gezeichnet; den Tränenstrom zurückhaltend, hielt sie den Blick fest auf ihn gerichtet.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• प्रेमनिर्विण्णा: overwhelmed/afflicted with love
• प्रेमनिर्विण्णा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेम-निर्विण्ण (प्रातिपदिक; प्रेमन् + निर्विण्ण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुलकांकितविग्रहा: whose body was marked with horripilation
• पुलकांकितविग्रहा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुलक-अंकित-विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक; पुलक + अंकित + विग्रह)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण

• निरुद्धबाष्पप्रसरा: whose flow of tears was restrained
• निरुद्धबाष्पप्रसरा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरुद्ध-बाष्प-प्रसर (प्रातिपदिक; निरुद्ध + बाष्प + प्रसर)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण

• तस्थौ: stood
• तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (समासपूर्वपद)

• न्यस्तलोचना: with eyes cast down/fixed thereon
• न्यस्तलोचना: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्यस्त-लोचन (प्रातिपदिक; नि-स्था/न्यस्? → न्यस्त (क्त) + लोचन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण; (तन्न्यस्तलोचना = तत् + न्यस्तलोचना)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brahma-related khandas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāradā stands motionless after seeing him—body covered in goosebumps, tears restrained, eyes unwaveringly fixed; the crowd and festival blur behind her stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep inner impressions manifest outwardly; sincerity of feeling—whether devotion or love—naturally reveals itself through bodily signs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa (the setting of the encounter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts devotional-emotional symptoms rather than a ritual rule.