Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्ततः कामः स्वशरीरमुपागतः । ववंदे चरणौ शूद्र विनयावनतोऽभवत्

Transliteration

evamuktastataḥ kāmaḥ svaśarīramupāgataḥ | vavaṃde caraṇau śūdra vinayāvanato'bhavat

Translation

So angesprochen, gewann Kāma seinen eigenen Leib zurück. Er verneigte sich zu den Füßen, demütig und in Ehrfurcht gebeugt.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• उक्तः: having been spoken to/addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तदर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: then/from there)

• कामः: Kāma (the god of desire)
• कामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वशरीरम्: his own body
• स्वशरीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः: 'स्वं शरीरम्'

• उपागतः: attained/obtained
• उपागतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle in sense), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ववन्दे: bowed/saluted
• ववन्दे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वन्द् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद

• चरणौ: (two) feet
• चरणौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• शूद्र: O Śūdra
• शूद्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विनयावनतः: bowed down in humility
• विनयावनतः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय + अवनत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण; तत्पुरुषः: 'विनयेन अवनतः' (bowed with humility)

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāma, newly restored in form, bows low at the feet of the divine presence, body bent in reverence; the moment is quiet, charged with forgiveness and regained radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Receiving grace should culminate in humility and reverent submission at the Divine feet.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the act described is respectful prostration (praṇāma).