Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

सख्यः संभोगसमये परिचक्रुः समंततः । एवं प्रक्रीडतस्तस्य वत्सराणां शतं ययौ

Transliteration

sakhyaḥ saṃbhogasamaye paricakruḥ samaṃtataḥ | evaṃ prakrīḍatastasya vatsarāṇāṃ śataṃ yayau

Translation

Zur Zeit des Genusses versammelten sich die Gefährten ringsum von allen Seiten. Während er so spielte und sich ergötzte, vergingen für ihn hundert Jahre.

Word by Word

• सख्यः: female companions/friends
• सख्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• संभोग-समये: at the time of union
• संभोग-समये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभोग (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• परिचक्रुः: moved about/attended (around)
• परिचक्रुः: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (धातु) परि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• प्रक्रीडतः: of him while sporting/playing
• प्रक्रीडतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√क्रीड् (धातु) (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive)

• वत्सराणाम्: of years
• वत्सराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• ययौ: passed/went by
• ययौ: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of companions surrounds the scene of enjoyment; the background subtly shifts through seasons to show a century passing while the central indulgent play continues.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment makes time slip away unnoticed; dharma calls for wakefulness and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.