Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

सा तत्रैव महोद्याने रमते सखिसंयुता । हिंडोलके समारूढा वसंते मासि भामिनि

Transliteration

sā tatraiva mahodyāne ramate sakhisaṃyutā | hiṃḍolake samārūḍhā vasaṃte māsi bhāmini

Translation

Dort selbst, im großen Garten, ergötzte sie sich im Spiel, von ihren Freundinnen begleitet; jene schöne Frau saß im Frühlingsmonat auf einer Schaukel.

Word by Word

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘there’

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — emphatic particle

• महोद्याने: in the great garden
• महोद्याने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — कर्मधारय: महत् उद्यानम् ‘great garden’; locative

• रमते: enjoys, plays
• रमते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘sports/enjoys’

• सखिसंयुता: accompanied by friends
• सखिसंयुता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — समास: सखिभिः संयुता (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष) ‘accompanied by friends’

• हिंडोलके: on a swing
• हिंडोलके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिण्डोलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘on/in a swing’

• समारूढा: having mounted
• समारूढा: Kriyā (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + रुह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘having mounted’

• वसन्ते: in spring
• वसन्ते: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative of season ‘in spring’

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘in the month’

• भामिनि: O lovely/angry one
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — address (to a woman)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a lush spring garden, the maiden sits on a decorated swing, surrounded by laughing friends; flowering trees, bees, and gentle breeze frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• kanyā (maiden)
• sakhī (friends)
• mahodyāna (great garden)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly enjoyment is depicted as a narrative backdrop; in a holy region it often precedes a dharmic turning-point (testing of pride and humility).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose sacred spaces (gardens, groves) serve as stages for moral and devotional instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse provides scene-setting rather than ritual guidance.