Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

सा चास्य चाभवत्प्रीतिस्थानं यस्मात्सुलोचना । रतेरनंतरा तस्मात्प्रीतिनामाऽभवच्छुभा

Transliteration

sā cāsya cābhavatprītisthānaṃ yasmātsulocanā | rateranaṃtarā tasmātprītināmā'bhavacchubhā

Translation

Und da das schönäugige Mädchen zur eigentlichen Stätte seiner Zuneigung wurde und nur Rati nachstand, wurde sie daher glückverheißend mit dem Namen Prīti bekannt.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: also
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• प्रीतिस्थानम्: a seat/place of affection
• प्रीतिस्थानम्: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (प्रीतेः स्थानम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate noun)

• यस्मात्: because of which
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because of which)

• सुलोचना: the fair-eyed one
• सुलोचना: Karta (Apposition to सा/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सु-लोचना = शोभन-लोचना), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषणवत्

• रतेः: of Rati
• रतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अनन्तरा: immediately after / next to (i.e., following)
• अनन्तरा: Kriya (Predicate adjective/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (not different/next to)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Inference/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तस्मात् = 'therefore/from that'

• प्रीतिनामा: named Prīti
• प्रीतिनामा: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (प्रीतिः नाम यस्याः/प्रीति-नाम), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नामधेयवाचक

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of सा)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the wedding, the maiden is shown beside Kāma, serene and radiant; a symbolic inscription or gesture indicates her new name ‘Prīti’, with Rati depicted subtly as a celestial presence to show ‘next only to Rati’.

Characters & Entities

• Rati
• Prīti
• Kāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Names in Purāṇic tradition often encode spiritual and moral meaning, linking personal virtue and divine narrative to lasting remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The naming motif foreshadows the later statement that a local jalāśaya gains fame by her name, tying biography to sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse explains name-origin and relational hierarchy (next to Rati).