Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

कोकिलालापमधुरो वसन्तोऽप्यागमिष्यति । अतिसुंदररूपा त्वं प्रलोभय महामुनिम्

Transliteration

kokilālāpamadhuro vasanto'pyāgamiṣyati | atisuṃdararūpā tvaṃ pralobhaya mahāmunim

Translation

Auch der Frühling wird kommen, süß vom Ruf des Kuckucks. Du von überaus schöner Gestalt—geh hin und betöre den großen Weisen.

Word by Word

• कोकिलालापमधुरः: sweet with cuckoo-song
• कोकिलालापमधुरः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kokila + ālāpa + madhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कोकिलानाम् आलापः तेन मधुरः = sweet with cuckoo-calls); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘वसन्तः’ इति विशेषणम्

• वसन्तः: spring
• वसन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-dyotaka (Additive particle/सम्बन्ध-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/particle: also/even)

• आगमिष्यति: will come
• आगमिष्यति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अतिसुन्दररूपा: of exceedingly beautiful form
• अतिसुन्दररूपा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati + sundara + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (अति सुन्दरं रूपं यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘त्वम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रलोभय: entice
• प्रलोभय: Kriyā (Imperative/आज्ञा-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + lubh (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महामुनिम्: the great sage
• महामुनिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् मुनिः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra describes spring arriving with cuckoo song and instructs Rambhā, radiant in beauty, to entice the great sage.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Rambhā
• Vasanta (Spring)
• Kokila (cuckoo)
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sensory allure (sound, season, beauty) can become a test for ascetics; vigilance and self-mastery are central to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes a temptational strategy rather than a ritual.