Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तामेव ब्रह्मभवने दृष्ट्वानिलहृतांशुकाम् । हर्षसंफुल्लनयनो हृष्टरोमा ततोऽभवत्

Transliteration

tāmeva brahmabhavane dṛṣṭvānilahṛtāṃśukām | harṣasaṃphullanayano hṛṣṭaromā tato'bhavat

Translation

Als er sie dort in Brahmās Wohnstatt sah, ihr Gewand vom Wind fortgetragen, wurde er von Freude ergriffen: seine Augen erblühten vor Erregung, und seine Haare stellten sich auf.

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक निपातः (emphatic particle)

• ब्रह्मभवने: in Brahmā’s abode
• ब्रह्मभवने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Brahmā's abode)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund/absolutive)

• अनिल: wind
• अनिल: Sambandha (Compound relation/समाससम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपदम्; ‘अनिल-हृत-अंशुका’ इति कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासे हेतु/कर्तृवाचकः

• हृत: taken away
• हृत: Karma (Object-qualifier within compound/समासे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृ (धातु) + क्त (भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘अनिलहृतांशुका’ इत्यत्र मध्यपदम्; ‘taken away’

• अंशुकाम्: (her) garment/robe
• अंशुकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; समस्तपदम् ‘अनिलहृतांशुकाम्’ = whose garment was taken by wind

• हर्ष: joy
• हर्ष: Sambandha (Compound relation/समाससम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपदम्; ‘हर्ष-संफुल्ल-नयन’ इति तत्पुरुषः (by joy)

• संफुल्ल: fully opened
• संफुल्ल: Karta (Qualifier within compound/समासे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + फुल्ल (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: समासमध्यपदम्; ‘fully blossomed/expanded’ (eyes)

• नयनः: one whose eyes (were) widened
• नयनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—‘हर्षसंफुल्लनयनः’ = whose eyes are expanded with joy

• हृष्ट: thrilled
• हृष्ट: Karta (Qualifier within compound/समासे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु) + क्त (भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘हृष्टरोमा’ इति बहुव्रीहौ विशेषणम्

• रोमा: one with bristling hair
• रोमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—‘हृष्टरोमा’ = whose hairs stood on end

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; काल/हेतुवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (then/thereupon)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vasu beholds the wind-disrobed apsarā; his eyes widen with delight, and his body shows goosebumps—an unmistakable sign of desire arising.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vāyu (Anila)
• Alambusā (implied)
• Vasu Vidhūma (implied as 'he' by following verses)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked desire (kāma) arising from an improper sight becomes the seed of bondage and subsequent karmic correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it is a moral-narrative segment within Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.