Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

किं मे चैतेन रूपेण तारुण्येनापि च प्रभो । यत्ते तथाविधं रूपं संभजामि दिवानिशम्

Transliteration

kiṃ me caitena rūpeṇa tāruṇyenāpi ca prabho | yatte tathāvidhaṃ rūpaṃ saṃbhajāmi divāniśam

Translation

O Herr, wozu taugen mir diese Schönheit, ja selbst diese Jugend, wenn ich nicht Tag und Nacht an eben jener Gestalt von Dir teilhaben und sie innig verehren darf?

Word by Word

• किम्: what (use)?
• किम्: Karma (Interrogative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; interrogative pronoun ‘what?’

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; genitive singular enclitic

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-निपातः); conjunction

• एतेन: with this
• एतेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• रूपेण: by/with (this) form
• रूपेण: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental singular

• तारुण्येन: with youth
• तारुण्येन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental singular

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ-निपातः); particle ‘also/even’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-निपातः); conjunction

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative singular

• यत्: since; because
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (सम्बन्धबोधकं यत् = ‘since/because/that’); relative particle introducing clause

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; genitive singular enclitic

• तथाविधम्: of such a kind
• तथाविधम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (तथा + विध = ‘of such a kind’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular

• संभजामि: I enjoy/partake of; I share
• संभजामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; 1st person singular present

• दिवानिशम्: day and night
• दिवानिशम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय) + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (दिवा + निशा), अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; adverbial ‘day and night’

Speaker

Māhikā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the beloved (addressed as प्रभो)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Māhikā laments that her beauty and youth are worthless unless she can continually enjoy and cherish his particular form, day and night; her posture conveys intense longing.

Characters & Entities

• Māhikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

External attributes like youth and beauty are declared secondary to the deeper object of attachment—setting the stage for either renunciation or sanctified devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it expresses intent and longing rather than a rite.